Firing Process Quotes

Well, yes, I've fired a lot of people. Generally I like other people to fire, because it's always a lousy task. But I have fired many people.

Hollywood must be the only place on earth where you can be fired by a man wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap.

I don't even like firing people. I don't think I've ever said, 'You're fired' to anybody.

Three or four stones in one firing will all react differently. I try to achieve a balance between those that haven't progressed enough and those about to go too far.

Stones are checked every so often to see if any have split or at worst exploded. An explosion can leave debris in the elements so the firing has to be abandoned.

And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.

I fired a lot of senior people myself and I think the key, when you feel compelled to remove a senior official, is essentially to have all your ducks in a row at the beginning. Have everybody understand what the rationale was.

The early firings contained many stones.

When I fire, I just look at them and I say, 'You're fired.' I don't prolong it.

If you are going to fire this person or hire that person, do it all in a concentrated period. The Band-Aid gets ripped off, and everybody goes back to work.

The best way to fire somebody is to compassionately fire them.

Every firing happens differently except in this one respect: the person being fired can't believe how fast it happens.

I should have the opportunity, if I need to let somebody go, to let the person go in a very humane, dignified way.

I've taken people and fired them over a period of a year. I've fired them over a period of a month. I've fired them over a period of a day or a week, nice and easy, slow. The one thing that a firing always has in common is the next day they wake up and they hate Donald Trump, no matter how nice you are.