You Are The Boss: Who Would You Fire?

Which badly-behaved TV character would you fire if you were in charge?

Dwight Schrute – “The Office"
Title: Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager of Dunder Mifflin, a paper distribution company
Estimated Salary: $29,000
Strengths: Competitive; entrepreneurial; resourceful in crises; loyal to his superiors
Weaknesses: Poor social skills; immature; invasive; paranoid
Fireable Offense: Shooting off a gun in the office

Jonah Ryan – “Veep”
Title: White House liaison to the Vice President’s Office
Estimated Salary: $100,000
Strengths: Young; enthusiastic; technologically savvy
Weaknesses: Argumentative; know-it-all; nosy; obnoxious
Fireable Offense: Uploading an inappropriate video of the Vice President to YouTube

Mindy Lahiri – “The Mindy Project”
Title: OB-GYN/Partner
Estimated Salary: $250,000
Strengths: Optimistic; straight-forward; team player; confident
Weaknesses: Brings personal life into the office; calls meetings to discuss unimportant topics; maudlin
Fireable Offense: Missed the birth of a patient’s child

Dewey Dudek – “Southland”
Title: LAPD Police Officer
Estimated Salary: $70,000
Strengths: Great physical strength; compassionate toward the community he serves
Weaknesses: Abrasive; substance abuser; foul-mouthed
Fireable Offense: Drinking on the job

Pete Campbell – “Mad Men”
Title: Advertising Account Executive/Partner
Estimated Salary: $82,000 (adjusted for inflation)
Strengths: Ambitious; focused; not a pushover
Weaknesses: Entitled; hired based on nepotism; self-centered
Fireable Offense: Jeopardizing one of his accounts by running into a client (his father-in-law) at a brothel

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