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[-] bouh@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Oh the invaluable people do get fired. The problem is that the company never replace them, because they can't be replaced.

Their value is not in how smart or skilled they are but in how much they know of their work in the company. Most of this work is not documented and it can take a decade to build this knowledge.

These people are key elements of the functioning of the company. You lose months of productivity each year simply because they're not there, and you might even lose years of work that's now unmaintainable.

I don't know, if companies are too arrogant to see that or if they'd rather have people who obey than a working company. I bet on the second though.

this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2023
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