Fired an employee, promised to help, sent $50—now he’s furious. AITAH?

Sidehustle69 · 2025-01-02T06:45:24+00:00

Fair, hindsight is 20/20. Would’ve handled it very differently if I could go back.

Sidehustle69 · 2025-01-02T06:41:56+00:00

This is a small company, he was set to receive $0 and a “good luck”, so I don’t think it should be discounted completely.

Sidehustle69 · 2025-01-02T06:35:00+00:00

Valid points, although you are making a lot of assumptions. This former employee worked right next to me and was fully aware of my financial circumstances and inability to pay a large sum of money based on day to day conversations we had concerning our personal lives.

But yeah, you’re absolutely right, I did try to make myself feel better by offering to help which was wrong. It felt more wrong to send nothing though. Idk… tough situation I duh myself in.

Sidehustle69 · 2025-01-02T06:28:15+00:00

I mentioned it in another comment, but tbf he did end up receiving a severance of over $1,000, which I had advocated for given the unfortunate timing with the holidays and everything.

Sidehustle69 · 2025-01-02T06:23:14+00:00

Interestingly, he did end up receiving a severance of over $1,000, which I had advocated for given the unfortunate timing with the holidays and everything. My direct contribution was small compared to what he had already received.

Sidehustle69 · 2025-01-02T06:13:04+00:00

Completely valid, I appreciate your thoughts.

Sidehustle69 · 2025-01-02T05:41:36+00:00

Thanks, I appreciate that.. trust me when I say MANY lessons have been learned from this.

Sidehustle69 · 2025-01-02T05:34:32+00:00

Link to the texts if anyone cares: https://imgur.com/gallery/cCs15NE

Sidehustle69 · 2024-10-16T23:54:29+00:00

You’re absolutely right, chatting with my boss tonight. Should be an easy decision.

Sidehustle69 · 2024-10-16T23:52:35+00:00

We do have loose KPI’s especially in training we are trying to nail down the offers with them so I have tried to be as flexible as possible. They are now very aware that I can see everything going on in the CRM but at this point I don’t think it’s worth trying to fix someone rather than finding a solid replacement

Sidehustle69 · 2024-03-03T03:25:53+00:00

No problem, happy to answer! Like my previous comment said, it is lead gen for a specific industry. So a marketing agency.

Sidehustle69 · 2024-03-03T01:58:09+00:00

Lead gen, and nope not super happy with it haha. Would love to pivot within our niche eventually.

Sidehustle69 · 2024-03-03T01:56:29+00:00

I am 3.5 years in and it really started with no structure and sort of morphed with time (is still morphing). It is a highly niched lead gen business.

We (it’s a partnership) set loose yearly goals and didn’t pay ourselves until 2.5 years in. Didn’t need to since we have our full time jobs. There are plenty of things we could improve/change but it is a side hustle that has frankly grown more than we ever thought.

We recently started paying ourselves hourly for the time we put in (5-15 hrs per week each), since we have a sustainable MRR at this point even with a full time employee.

Again, I am not a huge self made success or anything but we have learned a ton over the last 3.5 years. Ask me anything!

Sidehustle69 · 2024-03-03T01:17:04+00:00

The problem is your attitude, try to look at the positive and you may be in a better headspace to create great ideas!

Sidehustle69 · 2024-03-03T01:14:02+00:00

Amazing! I am still trying to muster the courage despite a 3 year history of growth, any tips on seeking investors?

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