What to do with a poor performing sysadmin

Posted by kajjot10@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 469 comments

One of my sysadmins in charge of server patching and monthly off-site backups has messed up. No updates installed since June 2023 but monthly ticket marked as resolved. Off site backups party for the past year with 3-4 month gaps. It’s a low performing individual on day today with little motivation but does just enough to keep his job. This has come up during a random unrelated task with a missing update on a particular server. I feel sorry for the guy but he has left me in a bad place with the management as our cyber insurance is invalid and DR provisions are over 3 months out of date. I first thought of disciplinary procedures and a warning but now swaying towards gross negligence dismissal. What do you fellow admins think.