Absolutely. Who knows what else they'll lie on later. Status? Their ability to hit a deadline? What a customer said? I wouldn't be able to trust them again.
By your logic, if someone is doing their job satisfactorily, but they hid several major felonies (say armed robbery, and robbing from their prior employer) from you during the interview process, you wouldn't fire them?
I'd rather have someone have the courage to own up to their issues. If they don't in the interview process, they won't later. And I like to hire folks who have something to prove. But not folks who overtly lie.
> Absolutely. Who knows what else they'll lie on later. Status? Their ability to hit a deadline? What a customer said? I wouldn't be able to trust them again.
But in this case you're firing them for being honest and not keeping up the lie.
You'd be sending a signal to all your staff that they better keep lying.
I've never seen anyone confess to lying on their resume. I've seen several instances of people being caught. If someone came clean, that's one thing, but I've never seen it happen.
By your logic, if someone is doing their job satisfactorily, but they hid several major felonies (say armed robbery, and robbing from their prior employer) from you during the interview process, you wouldn't fire them?
I'd rather have someone have the courage to own up to their issues. If they don't in the interview process, they won't later. And I like to hire folks who have something to prove. But not folks who overtly lie.