There are many reasons an employee could be underperforming. It could just be a bad fit / poor communication prior to starting. If you're hired to do X and you end up doing Y (maybe the company changed directions), the employee may be "incompetent" (another loaded word) at that task, or might not be interested in that work.
I'm incompetent at lots of things. It doesn't mean I am incompetent.
If a business owner lets paying severance "burn [him] up inside", he's going to be pinching pennies to an early grave.
There are many reasons an employee could be underperforming. It could just be a bad fit / poor communication prior to starting. If you're hired to do X and you end up doing Y (maybe the company changed directions), the employee may be "incompetent" (another loaded word) at that task, or might not be interested in that work.
I'm incompetent at lots of things. It doesn't mean I am incompetent.
If a business owner lets paying severance "burn [him] up inside", he's going to be pinching pennies to an early grave.