I volunteered myself at work to destroy families lives in order to get myself a raise, promotion, and a bigger office. It was the worst thing I have ever done in my working life.
Tell me this is a joke. What made this the worst thing you've ever done?
Well we were losing 1.5 million dollars because of the low performing employees that I had to fire.
That does sound very bad, I'm disappointed that you chose to do that. Putting your own wealth above the wellbeing of a family makes you seem very greedy and self-centered.
It's not just the money that I wanted.
It does sound like you ended up firing them out of greed. If this happens again, see if there is any other way to deal with the situation other than stripping them of their livelihoods.