[rahimnathwani]

This reminds me of that old joke that ends "Why would I fire you? We just spent millions training you!".

People who take on high risk projects are underappreciated. But many managers prefer employees who can reliably deliver zero value, than those with positive expected value but non-zero variance.

[mr_mitm]

That story sounds so much like that joke that I'm wondering if there is some urban legend thing going on here.