Would you fire or retain an employee who has good culture fit but underperforms?

If they “underperform” are they a good culture fit?

I would have found him a more suitable place in the company

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IDK what fitting in has to do with my brand's success, they can be autistic or piss everyone off but if my brand grows, then I paid them to do what I needed, so they deserve a raise not a good firing Also everytime I see your avatar I think of @https://www.producthunt.com/@sin... lol (like twins for some reason)

I can definitely see the dilemma, would love to hear people opinions

When you think about an employee and the first think that comes to your mind is not work related, then they are hurting your business

I consider hard skills more important than soft ones. And the fit is very important for comfortable coworking. Therefore, I would try to teach him or find another job in my company.

I'd say this is a false dichotomy! Without any information about why/how the employee is "underperforming" there's no real way to make an informed decision. Have attempts been made to improve their performance? Have they been informed etc?

It would depend on the circumstance of that underperformance but if it was chronic - no I'd likely move on with someone who was better suited to complete the allocated tasks.

No, I will not. If "really" he is underperform, it may broken energy of the team.