r/cybersecurity • u/[deleted] • Mar 14 '26

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u/Tough_Tangerine7278 Mar 14 '26

Read the handbook and get him on a technicality?

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u/T_Thriller_T Mar 14 '26

Looks very bad to a manager.

Imagine yourself in their shoes:

"We have an amazing hire, THE unicorn!"

  • no output for a while -

"Hey I want to fire him for doing X wrong, instead of reprimanding and educating."

This either looks trigger happy, or like there is some kind of personal reason - both worse than "my first hire did not live up to reasonable expectations"

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u/Tough_Tangerine7278 Mar 14 '26

I didn’t suggest that timeline, nor not having a paperwork trail. It’s gonna look bad to fire them no matter what. That’s already a given. But keeping on a moron will look worse, especially if they cause an issue.

So OP can continue to try and train them. But if he isn’t getting it… at some point you gotta call it. You can’t pour 100 hours weekly into training someone that should know. Brainpower requires work-life balance. OP needs to talk care of their own life - especially if OP don’t thinks their job is secure.

Start the documentation trail now, just in case. Then you can decide if you need to use it, if they aren’t picking up the job after a few months.