He was also a drug addict, from the book, and it was in the context of nonperformance, at a company which was dying. From his response, I think at a less-criti

He was also a drug addict, from the book, and it was in the context of nonperformance, at a company which was dying. From his response, I think at a less-critical ("peacetime") company stage, they might have tried to help him within the company.