If the person you want to get rid of has been there for 5 years, and knows certain systems in and out it may not be so easy to replace them.
One of the biggest mistakes a company can make is keeping a toxic employee around because of their domain knowledge. The company I mentioned that I worked for for 9 years made that mistake. The employee had plenty of domain knowledge but was toxic, insubordinate, and displayed a poor work ethic. I know they had to be glad when that employee left on his own accord.
That employee was me. I look back on those days in horror.
One of the biggest mistakes a company can make is keeping a toxic employee around because of their domain knowledge. The company I mentioned that I worked for for 9 years made that mistake. The employee had plenty of domain knowledge but was toxic, insubordinate, and displayed a poor work ethic. I know they had to be glad when that employee left on his own accord.
That employee was me. I look back on those days in horror.