Imagine that you are a mid$-$level manager. Your manager calls you into his office to share the company$$s plans to begin restructuring your business unit, which will include layoffs. Eight people from your $40-$member team have to be selected and laid off. Your manager asks you to try to exclude four people that he hired three months ago from your list. You know that these four people are his friends. Two of the four are not very productive or eager to learn and are very vocal about their friendship with your manager. The other two have assimilated well and are doing good work. Half of the other team members have been with the company for a minimum of $10$ years and the other half have been with the company for $20$ years or more. Each group has two or three people who are minimally productive. What do you do$?$