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"This is what happens when you create an organization that does not have to compete. This is socialism at it's very best."

Imagine also a situation where a company manager has to take any employee sent to them regardless of how qualified, enlarge that number beyond their effective span of control, find they often have to equip these employees with monies spent out of their own salary, have the expectation set that a significant percentage of these cannot be expected to succeed at the higher standard or you will not be supported to meet this standard, and then be denied the ability to enforce discipline. No wonder Gates says it has to be redesigned.

My father was on the local school board 25 or so years ago. The school board fired three tenured teachers because they were not competent. There was a huge churn in the local community - half for, half against. Arbitrators came from the state teachers association. Went on for months. The decision to fire them stood. I attended his funeral on February 2nd. Several people mentioned it to me - in favor and not in favor. I couldn't believe it. I am in the technology sector, if you are incompetent, you get fired. I don't understand this entitlement attitude.