oof. as suspected, i tried to have a straight, candid conversation about her performance and why she’s not getting a salary augmentation and it just all exploded in my face. angry crying and accusations of being unfair and insensitive. followed by “well if that’s what you think of me, then fine, there’s nothing i can do about that!” and then she hung up in my face.
god dammit. what the hell is the right thing to do here?
at this point, i tried, it didn’t work, she’s probably going to quit. if she was a high performer, that would be a big problem, but she isn’t, so i am not terribly worried. at the same time i do feel pretty shit about it.