So I've seen people be hired who were expected to perform poorly but then were fired when layoffs happened to protect the core workers -- because stack ranking

So I've seen people be hired who were expected to perform poorly but then were fired when layoffs happened to protect the core workers -- because stack ranking and all that. It's kind of like poker. The moral is: if you can't see the sucker they're going to fire next, it's probably you. Basically, don't be the sucker at any work environment.