I think a lot of those that think firing people is trivial were never in the room when the decisions were made or the conversations were had. It's always a toug

I think a lot of those that think firing people is trivial were never in the room when the decisions were made or the conversations were had. It's always a tough decision even in relatively cold industries like finance. Bit of a tangent, but it's like the reddit crowd that's convinced of how the world works without much experience (think the /r/antiwork or /r/fuckcars. It's just easy to be cynical. I heard the argument recently that you should be weary of cynical people, because if they think everyone is shitty they're more likely to accept it and be shitty themselves. If you think the person driving a large car is just an asshole (as opposed to someone with a big family), you're more likely to be an asshole and let the air out of his tires