>No manager dared speak to him, no one dared look at him. When there were layoffs - he was immune.<
I’ll beat yours and raise it. The final straw why we became our independent group and broke away from our parent company...
Years ago, we were working for an entertainment group which catered to the studios. We had a co-worker whom we hated because he was the known slacker of the bunch. He was BLACK, GROSSLY OVERWEIGHT and CUSSED like a sailor. Heck, he even back-stabbed me and another dude just to kiss-ass to the supervisor.
He had a stroke (most probably due to the snacks he kept eating)and was hospitalized. When the pink slips came in eventually, the hard working and smart ones in the departments were axed and after months out of work, I met the same guys at a resto and told me that the a-hole was still working there. There is no justice in this world.
I hear you, there is no justice.
I do wish you and your group the best of success, though. I’m glad your story had a happy ending. Mine wasn’t so happy. My department was out-sourced to Mumbai, India- we all got laid off, had to sell our homes, and move to wherever we were lucky enough to find a job.