Firing Overqualified Employee Cartoon: Upskilling leads to the exit door

The Scenario In this firing overqualified employee cartoon, we witness the ultimate corporate "bait and switch."

The employee followed every HR directive, attended every seminar, and successfully upskilled as requested, only to be met with a pink slip.

The punchline hits home: his new expertise didn't make him an asset—it made him a threat to the budget or a misfit for a rigid management structure that prefers the status quo over high-tier competence.

The Observation This piece of workplace satire targets the hypocrisy of corporate growth programs.

It critiques how "upskilling" is often used as a hollow buzzword to keep employees engaged, without a real plan to utilize or compensate for those new skills.

Through this firing overqualified employee cartoon, Kaapi with Ravi highlights the tragic irony where personal progress becomes professional liability, proving that some organizations only support growth when it remains safely within their limits.

In the corporate world, upskilling is like adding a turbocharger to your car, only for your boss to tell you the speed limit is now ten miles per hour.

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