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How's the anecdote go... "Why would I fire him? I just spend $200,000 training him not to do this thing, he'll never make this mistake again!"
by jffry 5y ago
How's the anecdote go... "Why would I fire him? I just spend $200,000 training him not to do this thing, he'll never make this mistake again!"
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- edgyquant 5y agoWasn’t it, “I just spent 1,000,000 on training there’s no way I could afford to fire you.”
- jffry 5y agoAh, that's I think closer to what I was remembering!
- _kst_ 5y agoAccording to one source: “Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience?” – Thomas John Watson Sr., IBM