I have encountered this sort of sour grapes reaction to employee turnover a fair amount over the years. I have literally been told that no one who has ever left

I have encountered this sort of sour grapes reaction to employee turnover a fair amount over the years. I have literally been told that no one who has ever left the company has been someone we needed or should have tried to retain. Whenever a manager or executive tells the team that they didn't want the people who left anyway, it makes me think three things: 1. They shouldn't have continued to employ people who they didn't value in the first place -- if you have identified someone who isn't working out, it should be dealt with (fairly and humanely) rather than waiting for attrition to do your job for you. 2. This person probably says this about everyone who falls out of their favor. 3. For all I know this is what they'll be saying about me in a month, so I may as well make other plans and be somewhere that values employees appropriately. It's really damaging to team morale to make these kinds of blanket statements, and I don't respect or trust people who refuse to hold themselves to a higher standard than that.