# firing
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32:58Two brothers, one firing, and the ultimate Teams call blunderCait Donovan: Yeah Al Elliott: So the company this, they're working for, um, is called, uh, OPEXUS, and they do— and this is probably the most important thing— they do a lot of stuff with, um, the government. So they deaEP 302 · 19 May 2026·news roundup· 32:58–42:0041:00Workplace Surgery: Letting someone go who's trying their bestAl Elliott: This one's a bit of a sad one. What do you do when you know you have to let someone go even though they're trying their best to stay? So this person writes, I've got an employee who was put on a PIP. That staEP 238 · 7 Oct 2025·workplace surgery· 41:00–46:565:49Firing quickly and recognizing A-playersAl Elliott: So in your book, you start off back at college and how you started Storage Squad. Um, tell me, give me the timeline because I have in my head this idea of a subreddit called Sweaty Startup. Was that you? And EP 193 · 1 May 2025·interview· 5:49–17:2832:46John's worst firing — and what it taught himLeanne Elliott: What percentage of the clients you work with have done this type of introspection before? John Tarnoff: Here's the Here's the dividing line. When I get on a call, on a strategy call with someone, and I laEP 187 · 10 Apr 2025·interview· 32:46–39:2910:08Hired or Fired: pocket dialing your bossAl Elliott: Oh, I like this. Hired or fired. We need a jingle for this Leanne Elliott: Cue the jingle. Are you ready for the first one? Al Elliott: YesEP 53 · 24 Aug 2023·interview· 10:08–18:06
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