On 2007-12-02 19:52:52 +0000, Roland Perry said:

In message , at 19:18:30 on Sun,
2 Dec 2007, Tony Bryer remarked:
On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 18:21:49 +0000 Roland Perry wrote :
I'm trying to get this conversation into the real world. Only
football managers seem to suffer the "fired many times a week"
scenario. It doesn't happen to most people in the 'real world'.

And top brass in the private sector who, voluntarily or otherwise,
do fall on their swords generally have the pain ameliorated by a
mega million severance package - up to $81m for the boss of
Citibank according to press reports.

And what's most relevant to this thread - their replacement isn't fired
a few days later, and his replacement a few days after that, and his
replacement a few days after that...

Obviously not. A reasonable time is required to put the house in
order. There should be visibility of changes made including
dismissal of middle management.