[COBOL2Java]

How can it be considered punishment when he’s on paid administrative leave. I wish I could be “punished” that way....

Try this on for size:

Source: Exclusive: Hillary's Benghazi 'Scapegoat' Speaks Out

Susan Johnson, the president of the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA), told The Daily Beast that administrative leave does damage to a foreign service officer’s reputation and career if it goes on for more than a couple of weeks, much less several months. The treatment amounts to a de facto disciplinary action, she said.

I suppose, if one is just a mindless drone and enjoys drawing a paycheck for nothing, you'd enjoy being "punished" that way, but if you're a career type of person, this is an awful thing to have to go through...

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"I suppose, if one is just a mindless drone and enjoys drawing a paycheck for nothing, you'd enjoy being "punished" that way, but if you're a career type of person, this is an awful thing to have to go through..."

Awful is a little severe. Out in the real world, we get laid off and there's no money falling from heaven.