Please choose the correct ending to complete the given sentence: Work World: [header] How to fire an employee [title] Set expectations. [step] Discuss with your employees any behavior that could be grounds for immediate termination. [substeps] Don't wait until behavior is already occurring.

Ending1: Select a baseline for showing employees your expectations. For example, if you had five dedicated employees, we can't wait until monday to fire each one of them. Ending2: Employees who are fired for violating a professional ethics or privacy policy are at a higher risk for termination if bad behavior happens while another employee is being fired. It's your responsibility to manage expectations and anticipate, accurately, the violation. Ending3: Allocate some time for retaliation, such as leaving inappropriately and bringing a lawsuit against the employee. Failure to request adequate time to write a termination letter or other formal publication is seen as a violation of job/work policy. Ending4: Be sure that all employees understand the rules and productivity expectations up front. These might include such things as failing to disclose arrest records, lying about past employment, failing a drug test, insubordination, excessive absence-and what constitutes " excessive "-and other issues that affect job performance.

Answer format: ending1/ending2/ending3/ending4