Not meeting the job description requirements, failing to deliver, consecutively under-performing KPIs, etc.

My KPI is how much keyboard mashing my monkeys do! More keyboard mashing brings us closer to writing Shakespeare!

FWIW, I’ve decided to let folks go for failing to act in good faith, and for failing (or unwillingness) to learn from mistakes. That’s it.

I admire the folks who have such quality KPIs.

And, yes, I’ve been forced to deal with others’ decisions to let folks go as well (primarily missing growth targets), but very rarely.

Consistently failing to meet KPIs.

Do people directly work on the KPIs on your org? As in there is individual KPI for each person without any outside blocker etc.? And is the KPI so evenly distributed to each team member? What about other unknowns in the KPI.

At least in the companies I worked with, KPIs are manager/lead level items and it is divided into tasks that is handed out to individual team member.