No, Your not an idiot DM, your a DICK!! Just wait until you get your ass canned, it will happen. If you think your job is safe because your such a good manager, well pass that joint over here because your a little too high right now. You can be replaced by a chimpanzee, you don't have the "skills" you think you do. Actually, you sound like some suck ass employee that says yes to everything your RM says. You are so disillusioned. If you lose your job tomorrow, who in the world would give a shit about you? What comes around - goes around. Be careful how you treat people, someday you may need something from them. You will be judged by God using the same criteria you judge others by. If you died today, who would be at your funeral tomorrow? Don't you understand that people are important--all of them! Treat them as such. Its easy to get rid of your "under-performers", anyone can do that. A REAL manager will coach and bring out the best in their people. I have had managers who cared about me, and I would bust my ass to show my appreciation. All I can say is that you will never have any good performers on your team because you are not a good manager. No body gives a rats ass about you, because you don't care about any one else but you. You will definitely get thrown under the bus because people know you would do the same to them. If you have 60 seconds to think your last thoughts before you die, then you will know what true terror is really like. Burn in hell you prick.