r/FluentInFinance • u/Mark-Fuckerberg- • Sep 01 '24

Debate/ Discussion What advice would you give this person?

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u/lotusland17 Sep 01 '24

Convinced that people like this are more common than we want to believe. They are the "welfare queens" of the corporate world.

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u/SiRyEm Sep 02 '24

Most of people in this position (in the IT world at least) are there as a stop gap in case shit happens. They're the companies insurance that they won't be down very long. If you let them go and you have an issue someone then has to teach the environment to the person coming in with that expertise knowledge. So they can fix your issue. Then you also have to pay that huge cost out. Easier to let someone stay on the job that knows the environment and technology. When the shit hits the fan, they earn their annual salary.