I would like to strongly speak against the practice of having a security guard show up with a box when a person is being dismissed. Many times the person didn’t do anything wrong, their job is being eliminated for finances or it is just going away.
1) The practice is ineffective. If the person wanted to torch the place, they could do it anyway
2) The practice is humiliating. If you are telling a person that you are happy with them and their work and they can go away with their head heldhigh and you march them out the door via security guard aren’t you in a sense arresting them? Shouldn’t they have the freedom to say goodbye to their coworkers and friends? Shouldn’t they have the opportunity to save face?
Or is fear going to cause corporate culture to behave like Nazi’s
I promise – most of the people let go are decent hard working people. If someone is going to destroy your company, they’ll do it anyway.
At least people, let’s allow someone to be human.
Think about how you would feel if it happened to you. If you are capable of doing so.