On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:02:46 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

I've also witnessed highly educated, egotistical blowhards that, when laid
off, can't grasp the concept of how they possibly could not be needed. Most
of the time the company was better off without them.

Bet you never hired a highly qualified, PhD research scientist whose
idea of 45 hours/wk for salaried employees was 45 hours straight and
the rest of the time off.