I run a highly profitable specialist subsidiary of a large bank that has got into difficulty. I've been told to cut costs and fire competent people whom I can still profitably employ. This will cause them hardship, while the former top management of the bank, who got us into this mess, walked away with millions. I find this so unfair I'm tempted to refuse to carry out orders. Would this be pointlessly quixotic – or would it be a comfort to know that at least I had tried to do the right thing?
我管理著一家大銀行盈利能力非常強的專業子公司,這家銀行陷入了困境。我得到指示要削減成本並裁掉有能力的員工,但我繼續聘用這些員工也仍然能盈利。裁員會讓他們受苦,而讓我們陷入危機的銀行前任高層,卻輕而易舉地拿走了數百萬美元。我認爲這非常不公平,因此很想拒絕服從命令。這會是毫無意義的唐吉訶德主義(quixotic)嗎?還是一種安慰,讓我知道我至少曾試著要做正確的事?