a) A creative and highly skilled engineer creates something innovative. --------
b) A new manager/owner comes along, decides that this engineer earns "too much". --------
c) The engineer is forced to document exactly how the technology works. --------
d) A low-skilled engineer is brought in to learn the technology. --------
e)The creative and highly skilled engineer is fired.
-------- A few years later the company is sold because it's fallen behind. The managers get golden parachutes, and the remaining employees get the shaft.