101 Sample Write-Ups for Documenting Employee Performance Problems, 3rd Edition

#95 Summary Discharge: Terminating the Probationary Employee

February 15, 2017

Patty O’Grady532 Westminster CourtPortland, OR 97232

Dear Patty,

I’m sorry to inform you that, effective at the close of business today, you will be dismissed from Paragon Real Estate Group for failure to meet the terms of your introductory period. On January 20, you had your initial sixty-day introductory period extended for an additional thirty days because of performance problems, including slow mastery of basic accounting calculations as evidenced by errors, work avoidance, and multiple revisions of your standard paperwork.

Since then, you’ve made an excessive number of errors in the accounts receivable spreadsheets. As a result, your internal customers have ceased ...