Black Listed

Every boss categorizes workers into two groups (keepers and non-keepers). If this boss is wise, fair, humane and just, she will not give the keepers a hard time, and will follow progressive discipline with the non-keepers so they still have a chance to stay if they so choose to do. Where the boss is a bureaucratic thug, the head of the clique, rewarding those that conform and flatter, and punishing and running out those that non-conform and rebel, he will keep and reward the sycophants (who he classifies as keepers), and will demote and run out the non-keepers (likely his best employees but they have to go). The rule of thumb seems to be that whether the worker is a good or bad person, or a good or bad worker, their staying or being run out by their bosses, kind or mean, is determined by which category that the boss assigns them to. If they are keepers, then justifications are fabricated so they can stay and perhaps be rewarded. If their are non-keepers, both just and unjust rationales will be presented to push them out the door. The negative pre-characterization is made first, and then progressive disciplines greases the exit chute.