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We had company wide layoffs in 2008, every department had to nominate x number of employees to terminate so the company could get below a spending level. I worked with a guy who was let go, excellent employee. I called his manager and questioned why he was let go because he did so much vital work. The manager said I was over reacting, the stats proved this guy doesn't do a lot of work so the manager will easily cover for him. 2 weeks later I followed up with the manager for some work which he was late on. He was panicking and admitted the work load was overwhelming. A month later the manager quit. The guy who was laid off was a great worker but terrible at recording service tickets. He was amazing at doing customizations for this specific software, so good that he was hired by that software company. Which meant my employer still had to contact him for help.