[stevens32]

>all organizations need a way to fire people or they become overrun with parasites.

Feels like this is just generalized personal experience but are there any studies that show this? Is the threat of getting fired really the only thing motivating people to not be a parasite? That seems like a horrendously dark view of human ambition

[cameldrv]

Different people are different. Some people will work hard based on internal motivation, others will slack. Being around a bunch of slackers is demotivating, and it tends to cause high performers to quit or stop working as hard. You then have an organization of slackers.

[pintxo]

I read the parent post as, the "parasite" will be fired and therefore no longer be a problem.