we aren't leaving this shit in the tags! @perchingowl,
On the contigency planning aspect, I will say what's fascinating is that Shen was not part of the debrief of the MCI and is newer to the system, but Ellis who we know seems to work with Robby frequently, DOES know the system and protocol as a fourth year resident. So either Ellis has worked an MCI before or Robby has kept her updated on that after the hospital leadership did that preparation. I now wonder if Collins and Langdon would have also been debriefed by Robby as fourth years (too bad we probably will never know. but it's fascinating if that's the case).
But I'm always down for a good time of "the enemy is Trent Norris, fuck that guy". Upper management plays a HUGE role when it comes to work environments.
i'm doing my upper management break down series (Job insecurity, Wage, coming up will be harrassment, work disruption and "the good") and how they actually are directly contributing to the work environment failures. Even if they are not always physically present, they impact the environment in huge ways.
In Robby's failing health we obviously begin to see cracks and the pressures of maintaining a top ED, alone, for 5 years. But the reputation overall is solid, the training program we see is one people are actively choosing and gunning for.
The work environment is a direct pressure on mental and physical health which we see repeated in all of the characters. Failing health is a symptom of the failing work environment while also contributing to it (which is the ultimate entire thesis of the show).
In true CEO fashion, Norris does not actually understand the intricacies of the environment he controls, does not know about the inner workings of the work environment and therefore any decisions he makes are straight up disrespectful, impractical and ultimately harmful.
But he also knows Robby personally. Robby is able to recognize who he is by sight alone. We know in S1 Robby is vocal as fuck about what he's mad about in the work environment. We know he pretty much has the same conversations DAILY with Gloria. He's annoying to upper management in MANY ways. And there's no way that doesn't get back to Norris. By S2 we see Robby's getting drained by doing that every day, which is ultimately what upper management wants.
But as much as Robby is annoying, he is good at his job overall. We know that after Pittfest the hospital and ED are recognized, that's a lot of REALLY GOOD publicity (which is where the "rockstar" nickname likely comes in).
So he knows Robby would ask questions, have them hold off to help prepare his staff, would ask for calling to his floor (and i suspect EVERY floor). That's work and troublesome!
so what does he do? He goes to Al-Hashimi as a targeted way to circumvent the nuisance of doing your job properly. It's the path of least resistance for Norris.
He picks an individual who is a new hire (day one!), who isn't as familiar with the system (so might not remember all the shit that is necessary in this new routine), and she's a woc (who is percieved less likely to fight him on the decision because of job consequences).
It's a win!!!! You don't have to deal with pesky things like properly doing ground work to reduce risk, you make your new hire feel important cause you want to keep her, you can override the annoying person who is doing their job and wants you to do yours properly, you can use the new hire as a scapegoat, and essentially you also get to shame the employee because they're annoying to you.
AND on top of all that you get to sew discord between the new hire and the annoying very opinionated and loud employee, so it prevents them working together in ways that matter, coordination against upper management failings.
More people need to be angry about Trent Norris.
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