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April 15, 2022

How to fire employees

Ysinne Matola, the VP of people at Heydoc, gives her top tips for firing employees, while keeping cultural differences across countries top of mind.


Ysinne Matola is the VP of people at Heydoc, a management software for the medical world. She’s spent the last 12 years in a people role in Paris and London, at tiny startups and corporates. Firing well is a topic she is passionate about — her focus is on ensuring that managers understand cultural differences across countries and how these need to be reflected in how people are let go. Here are her top tips: 

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Anisah Osman Britton

Anisah Osman Britton is coauthor of Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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