Ceannairceach wrote:There are many variables that can make a worker fail, and it isn't solely their fault for doing so, and it is once again idiotic to pretend it is.
An anecdotal example is my dad's experience...he was hired on to be a top-level sales manager, traveled the world to secure deals and make money for the company. After eighteen months, the higher-ups in the company decided it was necessary to fire all of their staff at that level and he found out just minutes before a meeting with a major customer. Why? Not because of poor performance but because firing all of them would boost company earnings right before the end of the quarter. He was paid well for the time he was there but it came at huge costs...long hours, a piss-poor corporate culture and downright terrible treatment from the higher-ups who were more focused on EPS than sustaining the business.
Now, if someone at that level with that kind of experience gets treated like that...what makes anyone think the average person working hard to get by is failing? Our system is sick and it's getting worse...employees used to be viewed as an asset but now, outside of small businesses, they're viewed as nothing more than a number to be thrown away to meet earnings expectations.