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		monetus on Aug 28, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Story of Why I Left Riot Games “Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience?” I guess you have down votes because they feel riot's leadership can't grow?

xsmasher on Aug 30, 2018 [–]

That's a cute as an anecdote, but in cases where the employee may be creating legal liability it gets more complicated.

monetus on Aug 30, 2018 | [–]

I don't think cute is the right word; but yeah, as the sibling comment pointed out, he needed to seize on the opportunity to grow. He didn't.

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