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wisty on Oct 14, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tesla fires hundreds from headquarters, factory

I know something similar often happens in the public service. Public service managers quickly learn to always hire a few useless people who they don't really need, just in case they need to make cutbacks.

bboreham on Oct 14, 2017 [–]

Hiring people becomes a no-lose gamble: if they're good, great; if less good, solves a problem at year-end.

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