I’m not particularly interested in the personnel changes in the Trump White House other than to make one observation. Donald Trump appears to hold to the “Hire Slow—Fire Fast” theory of personnel management. It’s something I’ve heard articulated by managers recently. I don’t know where the idea came from.
I don’t think much of it. I’d subscribe more to the idea of hiring carefully, working with your employees to ensure you’re getting the best possible performance from them, and terminating only when that has failed. The HSFF strategy treats people as too expendable for my tastes. I don’t think that good people are nearly as easy to find as it suggest and anyway they’re cultivated rather than springing forth fully grown as from the brow of Zeus.
It sure doesn’t encourage loyalty, does it?
My perception is that Trump views loyalty as a one-way street. He demands loyalty but gives little in return.
I’m not familiar with HSFF, but is seems a logical approach where the job requires soft skills (particularly interpersonal skills) that are difficult to evaluate beforehand. I know some employers try to re-evaluate a hire before unemployment insurance benefits kick in. As to loyalty, some times the people most critical of a new hire are that employee’s new peers.
Lol the guy gave a coked-up interview in which he said Steve Bannon sucks his own dick. There’s no theory behind any of this.
It doesn’t engender loyalty. Of course, he hasn’t gotten much either.
I suspect Kelley, like any competent executive, simply told Trump that Trump was still the boss, but if Trump didn’t let him do what a Chief of Staff does he’d be gone in a heartbeat. Smooch was an easy fire.
MM: Most of us were taught at an early age not to look directly at a solar eclipse, it will damage your eyes.
I for one am looking askew at most current events.
PD: When solar eclipses happen on a twice-daily basis, you may want to start paying some sort of attention to at least the frequency, if not the event.
More importantly, maybe there should be a hypothetical limit, as in what piece of Trump-related news, at any point, would register total disbelief. Like today, I’m certain that if somebody said Trump tweeted a picture of his genitals, that’s untrue. But what is the line between true and untrue, hypothetically? Charting that across the next six months to eight years (likely) would be instructive.
MM: I received a telephone survey since I last posted, which asked the following questions (roughly, with various options to answer):
Do you believe Trump is a pathological liar?
Are you pleased that Trump is President?
Is Trump a Russian stooge?
Is Trump the worst President in your lifetime?
Do you believe anything Trump says?
Is Trump a jerk?
How often do you think Trump lies?
Who would you rather be President, Trump or Hannibal Lecter?
Which Star Wars character best resembles Trump?
If Trump received $1 for every stupid thing he said, how rich would he be?
Why hasn’t Trump’s wife filed for divorce?
Is Trump a traitor?
Is Trump an egomaniac?
What nickname best fits Trump?
I hung up with the last one. I get a lot of political survey calls; nothing even approaching this. I am not part of the circus. I didn’t buy tickets.
What, no “Should Trump be hanged or shot?”