Not the worst day ever, but a sucky situation nonetheless!

I know that people get fired for little to no reason every day, but it doesn't happen at my company!

In my company, an employee cannot be fired because someone doesn't like them. It just cannot happen. Firings have to be approved all the way up the line to the company president. If it is not justifiable and proper, it just won't happen.

Another thing, I don't like firing people! I know that it can be difficult to find a new position, and my field is notorious for lousy pay, so counselors between jobs can be sorely pressed, financially. I know this!

On Thursday, I had to fire a person who had been with us for 3 years, and has been a pain in my ass for all but two months of it (her first two months, before her work ethic turned to poo) for her inability to follow our program's requirements and her refusal to follow simple directions.

As she was being presented with her termination, she demanded to know what it was "really about." To the very end, she refused to recognize that the company's needs weren't met, but she was being fired because I didn't like her.

AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!

All she ever had to do was follow directions and do her job the way she was trained to do it, yet she refused. After warnings and write-ups and days-off, still she refused. And, she had the gall to blame me for her termination.

Some people's kids, I swear!