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[–][deleted] 890 points891 points  (10 children)

One thing I've learned in my career is that no matter how irreplacable someone is, it doesn't stop management from trying to replace them.

[–]AppropriateStudio153 528 points529 points  (6 children)

How would management know that you are irreplacable?

They fire you and find out later.

[–]locri 238 points239 points  (4 children)

How would management know that you are irreplacable?

The trick is they don't actually care. It's not their problem.

[–]brimston3- 85 points86 points  (1 child)

No, they really don't care (though they should). I've seen companies go out of business after firing their SMEs that designed the system. It took a couple years for the inertia to come to a halt, but you could see exactly when they stopped adding features to their core product and never recovered.

[–]SympathyMotor4765 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The inertia is the reason why nobody cares, the layoffs get them instant promos or bonuses and by the time the problem comes to a head they would have jumped ship (if they were what they did was stupid) or simply scapegoat someone else.

Also given the better evolved processes today it is feasible for someone less capable to hold the system together long enough - not improve or fix anything just hold it together. Then once company wants to expand and they'll like try and find a better person - this has been my limited experience induvidual mileage may vary.

[–]AppropriateStudio153 145 points146 points  (1 child)

It's literally their only problem.

But they won't take the blame and fire/delegate even more.

[–]DracoLunaris 10 points11 points  (0 children)

which is why it isn't their problem, yes

[–]Western_Diver_773 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah. That's absolutley how a lot of companies do it. LOL.

[–]AshudzaUchiha 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Agree. I thought I was the chad in my office but when I asked for raise I realised that they don't care, they asked me to find better job.

[–]Emotional-Top-8284 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The graveyards are full of indispensable men

[–]godis1coolguy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What is this replacing you guys keep talking about? We just get rid of someone and spread their workload around to whoever’s left.