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Niedel: Employees rarely worsen when companies scale, role requirements simply change

Ryan Niedel · Every New Level Has a New Devil - He Proved It From $5M to $75M · Feb 1, 2023 · at 22:45

Ryan Niedel explains his philosophy on gracious termination when team members who successfully helped scale a company to one tier cannot meet the demands of the next stage.

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“The person probably hasn't changed. They probably haven't become worse at what they do. Just the requirements have changed or our internal skills have changed. And so when that happens to me, instead of saying, okay, like you're fired, It's really acknowledging it and saying, look, you've done everything that we've asked you to do, but the role has changed.”

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