> The CEO replied, "Why would I do that after paying for a million dollar lesson?"
That's a variation of something supposedly said by IBM's Thomas J. Watson, Sr.: “Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience?” [0]
That's a variation of something supposedly said by IBM's Thomas J. Watson, Sr.: “Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience?” [0]
[0] https://blog.4psa.com/quote-day-thomas-john-watson-sr-ibm/ (which doesn't include a source for the quote)