—many businesses are reluctant to fire or even raise issues of underperformance for now, executives and corporate advisers say., according to the Labor Department, but the government doesn’t track performance-related firings. Some companies and human-resources advisers, though, say many employers are unofficially preaching forbearance.during a global health crisis.
“We are taking more time to understand personal circumstances,” said Chirantan CJ Desai, chief product officer at ServiceNow Inc., in Santa Clara, Calif. He said the company is thinking twice before putting less-productive employees on performance-improvement plans, which are often a precursor to letting them go.
We continue some good habits found in the coronavirus year.
This is crucial to us surviving this time. Thank you. Now more than ever, we need to acknowledge our humanity.
Of course an employee who tried during Covid is likely a decent investment when the doors are fully open vs starting off brand new with someone out of work for over a year. Companies that kept their staff together will likely thrive.
this is terrible news