Firing staff members?

[Allenafaith]

Have you ever had to fire a staff member? What did you have to fire them over?

I usually only have to fire staff members for being inactive. I've had to fire one for abusing his powers once too, though.

 

[Eclipse]

I've fired plenty of staff members due to their activity. During the promotion process from member to staff, I warn the future staff that activity is key. Any signs of inactivity will lead to a warning and after that, a demotion. Activity is very important, especially in the opening stage of a forum, and if staff members can't hold up their part by being active, they can easily be replaced with another candidate.

 

[Joshua Farrell]

Personally, I have fired most of my staff, due to their inactivity. I have fired only a relative few compared to that, because of other issues like trying to do jobs they aren't assigned to do (backseat moderation mainly), or doing things that are against forum rules.

 

[JennyorAlice]

Whenever I've fired someone, it's usually due to inactivity. I've let them know up front that while they are not required to be online every single minute of every day, they do need to be relatively active and participate around the forum on a regular basis. Most people for some reason don't understand that.

 

[Clarendon]

Its always a hard thing to do. Ive luckily only ever had to demote somebody for inactivity, in which case they were very understanding and cooperative and later reapplied and reached Head Moderator.

 

[David Smith]

I haven't it is a really hard thing to do. The only time when I have done it is when someone hasn't done their job properly to due to inactivity. It is a rare occurrence, I wouldn't instantly fire people though. I would give them a couple of warnings and then fire them. I haven't heard cases of other people getting fired due to things other than inactivity.

 

[Justin]

You should not fire anyone for petty mistakes. Fire only when the staff has committed grave crimes. If you are careful while hiring, you may not have to be in a situation when you will have to fire someone.

 

[greenie]

Have you ever had to fire a staff member? What did you have to fire them over?

I usually only have to fire staff members for being inactive. I've had to fire one for abusing his powers once too, though.

so far I have only taken them out of service when they were inactive. they didn't do anything wrong to me, everyone did their job in their role.

 

[Kane]

I have never fired my staff, I do not hire a lot of staff or have a lot of staff. I feel that it is not good to fire staff because this will make the staff member feel humiliated. If you feel the staff member is not good for your community, you should instead let him resign.