Comments on: Life (Death?) Imitates "The Office" http://www.kipesquire.net/2005/09/life-death-imitates-the-office/ A Stitch in Time Saves Nine ... But Haste Makes Waste Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:23:54 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris Scoggins http://www.kipesquire.net/2005/09/life-death-imitates-the-office/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Chris Scoggins Fri, 09 Sep 2005 20:42:59 +0000 http://www.kipesquire.net/?p=1510#comment-790 You must work in a different private sector than I do. If someone is negligent at their job (even grossly negligent) they are fired and then they try to figure if there were any signs that they shouldn't have been hired. If it turns out that the person didn't have the right skills it is usually taken as a learning experience, if they were hired because nepotism, possibly the hiring manager would be fired, but nepotism is relatively rare in the private sector, at least absolute nepotism where the employee has no skills beyond knowing the right person. <BR /> <BR />The biggest difference, and the lesson that I think should be learned, is that no one in the private sector would have hired someone with no skills in the first place. You must work in a different private sector than I do. If someone is negligent at their job (even grossly negligent) they are fired and then they try to figure if there were any signs that they shouldn't have been hired. If it turns out that the person didn't have the right skills it is usually taken as a learning experience, if they were hired because nepotism, possibly the hiring manager would be fired, but nepotism is relatively rare in the private sector, at least absolute nepotism where the employee has no skills beyond knowing the right person.

The biggest difference, and the lesson that I think should be learned, is that no one in the private sector would have hired someone with no skills in the first place.

]]> By: KipEsquire http://www.kipesquire.net/2005/09/life-death-imitates-the-office/comment-page-1/#comment-789 KipEsquire Fri, 09 Sep 2005 17:00:11 +0000 http://www.kipesquire.net/?p=1510#comment-789 <i>"Brown should be fired, no question, but there is no reason to turn it into a witch hunt."</i> <br /> <br /> I don't think it's a "witch hunt" to demand the firing of someone who either knowingly or negligently suggested that a patently unqualified candidate be put in a position of vital importance. <br /> <br /> In the private sector, it's standard operating procedure. "Brown should be fired, no question, but there is no reason to turn it into a witch hunt."

I don't think it's a "witch hunt" to demand the firing of someone who either knowingly or negligently suggested that a patently unqualified candidate be put in a position of vital importance.

In the private sector, it's standard operating procedure.

]]> By: Chris Scoggins http://www.kipesquire.net/2005/09/life-death-imitates-the-office/comment-page-1/#comment-788 Chris Scoggins Fri, 09 Sep 2005 16:35:15 +0000 http://www.kipesquire.net/?p=1510#comment-788 Brown was brought on at FEMA by one of the former directors, who happened to be a long-time friend, as a staff lawyer. He was later promoted to the post of director, so your question should really be who promoted him, or who recommended that he be promoted. And will that prove incompetence, he worked at FEMA for two years after all. <br /> <br /> Brown should be fired, no question, but there is no reason to turn it into a witch hunt. Brown was brought on at FEMA by one of the former directors, who happened to be a long-time friend, as a staff lawyer. He was later promoted to the post of director, so your question should really be who promoted him, or who recommended that he be promoted. And will that prove incompetence, he worked at FEMA for two years after all.

Brown should be fired, no question, but there is no reason to turn it into a witch hunt.

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