On an individual level, there are only 2 reason to fire anyone.

A. Cannot perform.
There is a lengthy process to try and rectify this if employee under Employment Act.

B. Breach of contract.
If employee done something wrong, like harrass someone.

It is very exhaustive process to hire, onboard, train, measure, reward a staff. All that investment means staff needs to be retained to generate returns

On a corporate level, there are another 2 reasons to fire anyone.

A. Business direction change
Eg. Company moving away from a market say cars and has sold off the automobile division. So up to new owner to pick amd offer any existing staff

B. Replacement can be found at cheaper cost. Say outsource IT function hence remove all internal IT staff.

Hence, even if a staff performs well internally, still subject to external circumstances and job security must never be taken for granted. Always have plan B

This post has been edited by dogbert_chew: Jun 7 2025, 01:09 PM