Marginalia
May, 2007
FROM THE DESCRIPTION of atraining session on how to fire your employees in TheWhistleblower: Confessions of a Healthcare Hitman, by Peter Rost: "After having welcomed the employee we were goingto terminate, we were told to 'express interest in the per-son's comfort in the room.' I guess the firingmanager was supposedto ask if it was too 'warm, too cold or just right. Or perhaps make sure that the victim foundtheir chair comfortable. It was important to note that'small talk' should be kept b...
