I've been struggling with this all week.
Long story short, we have someone on the team who is just OK. Not terrible, there's nothing specific I can point to that I can say, "This is awful," but the work they produce is just mediocre.
To be clear: They're a designer, and they're always asking me for specific critiques, which I try to give, but that can't be my job. It's pretty clear that it's just not good enough.
I know other designers we could hire who (I'm pretty sure) we could pay a lot less, would do a better job, and would need less hand-holding.
I've had to fire people before when it was not a good fir or they were obviously not skilled or talented enough, but this one is just... meh. It's not like he's a complete degenerate, but I think we need someone fantastic to get where we need to go.
This is someone I've known for a long time and I consider a friend, but I can't let the rest of the team/company suffer because I really like this guy personally.
How do you have that conversation?
Long story short, we have someone on the team who is just OK. Not terrible, there's nothing specific I can point to that I can say, "This is awful," but the work they produce is just mediocre.
To be clear: They're a designer, and they're always asking me for specific critiques, which I try to give, but that can't be my job. It's pretty clear that it's just not good enough.
I know other designers we could hire who (I'm pretty sure) we could pay a lot less, would do a better job, and would need less hand-holding.
I've had to fire people before when it was not a good fir or they were obviously not skilled or talented enough, but this one is just... meh. It's not like he's a complete degenerate, but I think we need someone fantastic to get where we need to go.
This is someone I've known for a long time and I consider a friend, but I can't let the rest of the team/company suffer because I really like this guy personally.
How do you have that conversation?