Termination doesn’t mean [someone is] a bad person or [is] worthless. It just means that they may not work well here at this current moment. It’s just as unfair for the employee as it is for us to keep them in their current position when we know it doesn’t work. Yet . . . termination can still be a devastating process. So at Sevenly, we have a unique twist on the golden rule: fire others the way you would want to be fired. When we explain our reasoning, we never discuss personal flaws; we always talk about the work. We try to provide them with a generous severance regardless of their tenure,
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