How old is your boss?

[Carsman]

Getting near retirement, that's a valid point, however, my friend was not planning on retireing for another 8 to 10 years. Now she is considering moving up that time table. Maybe that was the managagement's intent.
And You're right, my friend is "training her own boss". I'm afraid after she trains her new boss, they will let my friend go.

The Company that my father works for did something similar last year.
They brought in all young people, forced the 'elders' to train them, and then made life miserable until all the old timers (including my father) retired. My father said it was because the company could pay the younger ones about half the salary they were paying the old timers.

What the company did not plan for was that the "fresh new employees" didn't give a rats ass about the company, they have no work ethic. My father has been called back as a consultant several times since he retired. He's had to go in and straighten out screw ups, smooth things over with customers, & retrain people several times.

They pay him big bucks now to go in and fix all the fuck ups.

The company I worked for (where my friend still works) started doing the same thing even while I was still there. However, since I was a Department mgr, I was the one who was directed by the Co. President to do that nasty make them miserable job. That was the worst part of my job, and I hated it to no end!
I hated it so much, I moved up my retirement time table by two years, maybe that was their intent.

After retirement, I too was called back by the company to be a consultant, several times. And each and every time I turned them down. I didn't like working there any longer!
(Retirement is good, working is bad.)