Hiring/firing pcas

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Does anyone have any least-pain methods of firing pcas? It is always so

hard to fire people & yet I seem to have a pretty high rate of people that I

have to let go for one reason or another.

Right now I have a woman who has worked about 3 months but just is so clumsy

and physically awkward that it is scary for me to have her do my lifts &

cares. Otherwise, she is great & loves me, loves the job, tries really

hard, but I am tired of having aches, pains and bruises! And I am worried

that I could get injured even worse, it is just rather a sort of luck that I

haven't yet. I have had 3 different " senior " pca's try to train & teach her

how to handle me better but it is just not working.

So...after I let her go I will have to rehire of course. I notice that

mostly when I have to fire people, it is within the first 3 months. I am

thinking there must be something I can do to make this easier in the

beginning...have any of you tried hiring people and having the first month

or so being a trial or probation sort of thing so that it makes

reevaluating/ending the agreement easier? Also, it seems that would help

the pca also - I have had people that I agonized over firing being relieved

when I finally did because they had wanted to leave but were afraid to tell

me.

Basically, I would really like to hire someone without it being so binding

at least until after they actually work & we can see how personalities, etc

pan out. But I want to be fair & ethical to those who rely on this as a job.

There is just so much that I can't tell in an interview but even in the

first day I can start to notice possible red flags...too late.

Sorry to ramble but any thoughts?

Love,

N

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