“There are old friends, though, Gina,” he said, “and nothing drives them away![Pg 80]”
MUNSEY’S
MAGAZINE
JUNE, 1923
Vol. LXXIX NUMBER 1
The Matador
A SENTIMENTAL EPISODE IN THE CAREER OF GRAVES, THE HARD-HEARTED OFFICE MANAGER
By Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
TECHNICALLY Graves was the personnel manager, but we called him “the matador” because it was his job to deal the death blow, to give the fatal thrust. He had, in other words, to do the “firing.”
He had developed a beautiful technique, and, like all good workmen, he enjoyed his work. He was really a very kind-hearted fellow. His idea was that it did people any amount of good to be discharged, if it were done in the right way—if, for instance, you told the departing one exactly why he or she was no longer wanted.