Taffer said that when there's an incident at one of his companies or one he's working with, he'll discuss it with the employee involved. It comes down to reading your employee's character, because mistakes are unavoidable. "You're not firing what was done today, you're firing for what you anticipate will happen tomorrow," he said. Taffer said that instead of waiting for a troublesome employee to inflict serious harm on your company to fire them, the decision should be preemptive. Rather than advocating a "three strikes and you're out" approach, Taffer said that a manager needs to be aware of when employees either lack the desire to take advantage of opportunities given to them or are being deceitful in some way. His experience has taught him that the decision to fire employees should typically not be based on a singular act (unless it's truly terrible and deliberate), but on a pattern of behavior.
It makes sense for me, and it makes sense for him."Īside from his work over four seasons of "Bar Rescue," Taffer has spent over three decades in the bar and nightlife world, and is a leading industry consultant who has worked with hundreds of institutions. "And I don't want this guy to go out there badmouthing me, my employees, or my business.
"I believe that when I have somebody sitting across my desk, and then they walk out of this building, they're either going to be a marketing assassin or a marketing ambassador for me and my company," he explained. When done properly, terminating an employee is not a traumatic experience, Taffer told Business Insider.