That's a strong message, F, and very apt. If the manager doesn't actually manage, then the subordinates can simply ignore them. Trust he came to a sticky end?
Well, in a way yes. The company came to a sticky end, partly due to not focusing on the correct things (his fault)
We all got very nice redundancy deals, but he being one below Director level, got the best of all.
However in later years, I know that one of his children was killed in a skiing accident and the other is battling a terminal illness. I am being genuine when I say I wouldn't wish THOSE things on ANYONE!!
The parallel with Trump is more apparent the more I think about it.
The inertia that America is facing for the next 4 years, is down to the fact that Trump will assemble around him a team that CANNOT do what he recruited them to do. Because no one can.