> slackers were fast tracked and work horses were kept where they were.
Why would I want to move a cog from a mechanism where it's working great, to a different mechanism where it may or may not fit? Might as well get a cog that you know it's not fitting already, and try it out elsewhere: in the worst case it will keep working badly, and in the best case it will actually start working properly. No downside!
Yeah, probably that kind of momentarily thinking. Just the cog suddenly leaves to a better company and blacklists the whole company for lifetime, including giving non-positive recommendations to potential hires; the mechanism suddenly stops on that level and most likely on slacker's new level as well.
Why would I want to move a cog from a mechanism where it's working great, to a different mechanism where it may or may not fit? Might as well get a cog that you know it's not fitting already, and try it out elsewhere: in the worst case it will keep working badly, and in the best case it will actually start working properly. No downside!