> Wow what an underhanded insult. Actually, he just signaled why the firings happened. People were claiming to do work, and there was not proof they actually d

> Wow what an underhanded insult. Actually, he just signaled why the firings happened. People were claiming to do work, and there was not proof they actually did work in their email, documents or the systems they were supposed to do work in. Any worker who has carried tons of (usually "rockstar", "bad-ass" or "pedigreed") people who don't even understand the work they are pretending to do (or worse, supervise) knows this is a rampant anti-pattern in business and in many cases has the potential to transform the business. When I was younger and worked for a boss, I used to really hate watching 80% of the others disappear at 4:30PM without regard to customer expectations and come in in the morning, only to start working around 10:30 after making the morning rounds (coffee, chit-chat) the next morning... only to hit a critical lunch with the team at 11:45-1:30pm. In every company I've managed or started one of the facts I try to be on top of is "actual work done per day". I've found that if I look at productivity and use that to inform who gets invited to help make decisions. It makes a profound difference. People who work hard tend to come to meetings prepared, are respectful of everyone's time and most importantly know the facts about their work. You end up with better decisions.