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		eitally on Aug 4, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Plan to Turn Engineers into Managers Yes, it was the right way to handle it, but my impression when I went through it was that it was completely novel to the HR organization and they were reluctant to agree to demote anyone at all, whether they were requesting it or not.

TheOtherHobbes on Aug 4, 2015 [–]

It's a loss of face for HR and the company.

Admitting they made a bad mistake makes everyone unhappy.

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