[mooreds]

I'm all for trusting employees, but employees need to also show progress and deliver results. Otherwise, they aren't, well, doing their job.

BTW, failing to deliver results is not always (or even, I daresay usually) due to employee maliciousness. Other reasons someone can fail to deliver:

* They don't have the training they need.

* The task is ill-defined.

* They are in the wrong job.

* They don't have the resources they need to do the task.

* They are overwhelmed.

* They are stuck.

You could say "well, employees should be raising the red flag when this occurs" but I have found that some people don't do that, preferring to dig in and try to solve it themselves. That works sometimes, but other times much pain and time can be avoided if someone checks in and offers help/connections/knowledge.