Probably the company grew, and standards grew as well. It is difficult to do layoffs / fire people based on perf in Netherlands, so it seems that's why it was o

Probably the company grew, and standards grew as well. It is difficult to do layoffs / fire people based on perf in Netherlands, so it seems that's why it was only hinted for the person to leave. I am with the company on this one. Business is business, and it's both manager's and employee's responsibility to grow and keep up with the demands. Learn from errors and move on.