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[thaumasiotes]

> You could now say the manager is responsible for 28 of those points.

You could, but that would be a weird thing to say. 36 would make a lot more sense.

[burlesona → thaumasiotes]

Haha, good point. I edited my comment to reflect what I was thinking, which is that the manager created a 28 point gain. :)

[thaumasiotes → burlesona]

The manager still created a 36 point gain. The policy of hiring one less worker and one more manager created a 28 point gain, of which 36 come from the manager and -8 come from the missing worker.

(Or, if you hire the manager and then fire the worker, 40 come from the manager and -12 come from the missing worker. Which one makes more sense depends on the analysis you're trying to do. In either case the manager is currently producing 36 points.)