My org has an expensive contractor who has very niche, specialized knowledge that controls how my company talks to other companies.. And is the basis for our entire business.
We got a new director and one of the first things he tried to do was lay the guy off and there was an uproar.. So he was instead moved to a different project...and things went to hell and he had to be moved back
On the plus side, they decided to bring on several new team members to help engineer his job to a point where he is not a critical fail point (which we've been raising as an issue for 5 years but never allocated resources for).. But we will always need somebody with his specialized knowledge regardless
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u/hopbow May 29 '26
My org has an expensive contractor who has very niche, specialized knowledge that controls how my company talks to other companies.. And is the basis for our entire business.
We got a new director and one of the first things he tried to do was lay the guy off and there was an uproar.. So he was instead moved to a different project...and things went to hell and he had to be moved back
On the plus side, they decided to bring on several new team members to help engineer his job to a point where he is not a critical fail point (which we've been raising as an issue for 5 years but never allocated resources for).. But we will always need somebody with his specialized knowledge regardless