What value to society does making companies carry dead weight provide? It raises the company’s costs, lowers productivity and morale, all to protect someone unf

What value to society does making companies carry dead weight provide? It raises the company’s costs, lowers productivity and morale, all to protect someone unfit for a particular role? The unpredictable layoffs and terminations of US companies are their own issue, but companies pay unemployment insurance to let people go with some safety net. I can’t imagine UI is more expensive than keeping an underperforming employee.