On: HBO Max accidentally sent an integration email test to users

[jffry]

How's the anecdote go... "Why would I fire him? I just spend $200,000 training him not to do this thing, he'll never make this mistake again!"

[_kst_ → jffry]

According to one source:

“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?”

– Thomas John Watson Sr., IBM

[edgyquant → jffry]

Wasn’t it, “I just spent 1,000,000 on training there’s no way I could afford to fire you.”

[jffry → edgyquant]

Ah, that's I think closer to what I was remembering!