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Yes, I feel especially sorry for fired_employees[498] and fired_employees[499] who were just added to make the round number!

Or maybe happy for employees 501 through 504 who were on the chopping block, but because Round Numbers Are Nice(tm), got to keep their jobs!

But they went from comfortable but low performers, to literally the worst 5 employees in the company.

There is a number N for each employee where considering the top N employees, they are the worst.

So I wouldn't feel bad about having a "low" rank in deliberately selective sample of humanity.

180 jobs would have been saved if we counted in base 8!