Am I the a**hole for wanting to fire a high performing employee just because of their bad attitude?

This weekly podcast comes to you from Veritas Psychology Partners, Dr. Dan Kessler and Dr. Gayle MacBride. Your host selects a conversation from the internet forums that neither psychology has heard or read before, and they give their unrehearsed, unvarnished opinions--essentially answering the question, "just who is the a**hole here?" The host brings in feedback from internet commentors to round out the discussion, and we close out each episode with a bonus conversation about any number of things! Stay tuned through the end to find out!In this episode, the question is: "Am I the a**hole for wanting to fire a high performing employee just because of their bad attitude?"Today Gayle and Dan mentioned a couple things, including:cockroach in a bowl of cherries: https://www.mickmel.com/one-cockroach-will-ruin-the-whole-bowl-of-cherries/Article about changing answers in test taking situations: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2020461/"quiet firing": https://www.paychex.com/articles/human-resources/quiet-firingBusiness failure rates: https://growthlist.co/startup-failure-statistics/ and https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2023/09/29/startup-failure/And if you'd like to schedule an appointment with either of our psychologists, visit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.veritaspp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ Otherwise, our team can be found at:Dr. Dan Kessler at: ⁠⁠⁠@drdankessler⁠⁠⁠Dr. Gayle MacBride at: ⁠⁠⁠@drgmacbride⁠⁠⁠Kelley Buttrick at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://kbvoiceovers.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael MacBride at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.michaelmacbride.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thanks for listening and/or watching!