We have an apprentice who honestly has not been that good, and despite additional support (referral to support programmes, being an assistant instead of alone even after 12 months) and we have decided not to keep him on once the apprenticeship ends. They are not the only person not being offered full time position but they are the only person this year we have offered no work to including the opportunity to freelance.
We gave them 4 weeks notice because telling them on their last day would be shitty. But it's still shitty cos now he's got 4 weeks in a place where he knows management don't want to keep him. How do we as staff around him help? (For clarity I used WE to mean the company I work for, I'm not involved in hiring decisions.)