{"id":5293,"date":"2018-05-29T14:46:04","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T14:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/our-stories-the-hardest-employees-to-terminate\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T20:22:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:22:47","slug":"our-stories-the-hardest-employees-to-terminate","status":"publish","type":"rbc_tl","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/innovation\/our-stories-the-hardest-employees-to-terminate\/","title":{"rendered":"our stories &#8211; The Hardest Employees to Terminate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Hardest Employees To Terminate\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yt_27ZjdoFI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<h4>our stories<\/h4>\n<p>Videos that showcase Canadian entrepreneurs changing the world. 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