Letting an employee go is difficult at many times. Employees who exhibit poor performance are much easier to terminate than productive employees that are no longer needed for other reasons. Since employee termination is always a touchy situation, it is good practice to have a formatted letter so that the termination does not feel personal in any way.

Dear _____________,

We have repeatedly asked you to put more effort and passion into your work. We made the decision to give you repeated chances at performing you duties to the required standards of the company, but your recent work has not been complete or accurate and therefore is useless.

With this type of performance, (Insert Company Here) has decided to relieve you of your duties as a (Insert Job Title). If you feel that this decision has been made without the knowledge of all pertinent information, please feel free to speak with me immediately. Any personal information that you provide will be reviewed as deemed necessary.

I would like to wish you good luck in your future endeavors.

Sincerely,

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