Managers in positions of authority can either do great good for a company or inflict great harm. Because we learn more from the second than the first, I wanted to tell you about a recent case from the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, the federal appeals court covering Texas.
$11,897, 689.39
That is the amount of monetary harm a jury found was caused by John Kawcak, a former Operations Supervisor, to his employer Antero Resources Corporation, a large, publicly traded oil and gas producer. Seems that Kawack had a close friend, Tommy Robertson, who owned two companies performing “drillout” operations. Essentially, these companies unplug obstructions in an oil or gas well so drilling won’t be impeded.
