The year I turned 50 I hurt my hip in an industrial accident caused by a poor decision from a freshly graduated “manager” in the large, multi-national company for whom I worked. For two years I had been servicing a municipality with contract services and had been receiving an “outstanding” rating.
During my rehabilitation period two more new graduate “managers” came on board the local outlet of the firm and decided my position was “too expensive”, and so terminated it – and me. During the next 36 months the company hired (and sometimes fired) ninteen other employees because they would or could not turn out the work I had been doing. At that point the municipality terminated the services of the firm for unsatisfactory performance and let the contract out to a competitor. By this time the local firm’s branch had become so disorganized and costly the national office closed it.
All the workers had to scramble for other jobs, but the three juvenile non-performing “managers” were “saved” and transferred to other locales. I just shook my head.
The point? I actually agree with the author’s pov, but also understand that “businesses” – like people – do not always know best.
