Title: Sorry for the throw away account for obvious reasons.<p>I've a small startup,all telecommuting,8 technical guys. Most of them with the team for a year or more now. Their performance is generally bad, it's sometimes good sometimes bad, but I have to nudge them to get things done,constantly.<p>I've tried lots of things to motivate them and didn't succeed. I'm part of the core technical team which means I end up working extra, covering for them as well as  working with all other business related stuff. Put it this way,I'm fed up with them.<p>I'm planning to fire 5 problematic ones and hire new guys slowly and carefully.<p>2 Questions;
 * Shall I fire, and how should I proceed?
 * How can I hire new telecommuters and ensure that their performance will be good? (I know many thinks performance is nothing to do with an office, but my experience in several companies makes me think different)<p>FYI: All getting well paid, happy with business and if you ask them all performance problems are personal and they do accept that their performance is bad and unacceptable.
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