Anyone ever had to fire someone?

[roflmao]

If other employees lent him money, that is in no way your responsibility.  From what you're saying, it's not even a question of whether or not to let him go.  That ship has sailed.  Don't feel guilt over what others have done.  They lent him money, not you, not the company you are representing.  If they don't have personal contact information to be reimbursed in the future, that's not your problem, though it sounds as if you feel some sort of responsibility for them.  

I hope you do not let that weigh heavy on your conscience when you do what sounds like needs to be done.  It may not be comfortable, but it'll hopefully be easier the next time.  Businesses need to hold a high standard to make a profit (and pay their employees).  They can't afford to keep a staff comprised of deadbeats.

I'm not one for words and my message sounds very black and white to me, so I'll just end it here.

[Duo_R]

Watch the movie Up in the Air

[LameKat]

Went well. I showed up extra early so I could have his tools at the entrance of the loading dock so I could do this in front of security cameras and have him leave the property. Unfortunetly when the elevator brought me back to the 1st flr. he was standing there waiting to go up. It made for an easy conversation starter, me holding his tools in one hand and a check in the other. He was annoyed with my boss for having him run around the night before getting a proper doctors note and then making the 50+ mile commute to work only to be turned away, but he did'nt direct any of that toward me. The first thing he asked was if it was a layoff, I said no. His immediate response was "Do you have the termination paperwork?" my office had not sent any, I did'nt even know I needed it for firing but he seemed familiar with this procedure. I guess the paperwork is part of our Union rules, I never seen any as it's not required for layoffs which what I'm used to doing, pretty common place in the trades when projects end everyone can see the writing on the walls. So I got off easy considering this guy has the potential for bat-shit-crazy.
He leaves at 5:45am and I call my boss to let him know it's done. His response, "Oh..I got to thinking last night that I might give him another day or two". My response "Well it's a little f*ck'n late for that". The story ends for now.
As for the guys in the crew, they're glad he's gone and the ones who lent him money have no problems cutting their loss, seem more pissed about being duped than lossing the cash (lesson learned).

Hey Busted, I'm going to get ther I just don't know when yet, I could use a night of drinking and soldering. Call me tommorrow afternoon and remind me to get out that sillyscope.

[allyourblood]

Glad to hear things were resolved peacefully and without a bunch of BS. Nice job.