Not much above with which I would disagree.
#12 Mcgyver
"ego"
Confirmed by my, singular, experience.
A family of Venture Capitalists bought the firm I worked for, small fry, not the Arthur Rock grade, who finance start ups like
Google.
Management staff started being dismissed after a couple of weeks, decent hard-working people, with mortgages.
50% replaced by family members or friends, often part time.
50% not replaced, because "we need to work smarter, not harder". Yes, right.
The family members were very fond of themselves, the employees were cannon fodder.
The head of the family had a propensity for lecturing the staff about efficiency, and always included a story about Catherine the Great in his lecture.
These lectures frequently, and deliberately, took place on Friday afternoon when staff were leaving, some to collect children from school.
I never saw the list of staff whose services were to be dispensed with, but my name was included, because everyone was listed!
At the end of the next lecture I asked "Was this before or after she [Catherine the Great] had her husband murdered?"
No response.
I was promoted to #1 in the list and then sacked.
I was only two years from retirement and could afford to retire, so I did; most were not that well situated financially.