never employed anyone directly, my dear, but fail to see what that has to do with having an opinion.. spent my working life as a stockbroking partner, and as you can imagine, am now irresponsibly retired after a lifetime of not taking any risks or responsibilities.. i'll admit, i have no idea of "the helplessness involved when it all goes pear-shaped", but can't help feeling that the death of an obscure german billionaire is hardly cause for tearing out ones' hair and rending ones' garments in despair, over here in sydney...