"What you might not see he is responsible for giving his time to people who contribute positively." So a manager only has to manage people that are good perfor

"What you might not see he is responsible for giving his time to people who contribute positively." So a manager only has to manage people that are good performers and easy to manage, but those that are hard to manage should be just fired? That sounds a bit too convenient for the manager. If someone's underperforming then it is absolutely the manager's duty to correct that through coaching and leadership before they reach for drastic measures. Btw, let's not bother to use the customers as an argument. They don't give a crap that Bob from accounting is underperforming. This is normal in any company and par for the course