It was a contest of power. They didn't allow him to speak up.
Even if he was the manager of the company, they subdued him. The cartel of the company subdued him. He couldn't make any changes. They told him who to keep and who not to keep, even though most of the workers were not doing well.
As far as it was from the cartel, they didn't want him to sack them. His eye was tied. He didn't know what to do. They through him to him under the bus because he was not useful in the details. He was just there to warm up the seats.
He wasn't doing his job as a manager. The cartel was the only one he knew. They just used him as a disguise. He was an oddball. He couldn't be in charge. He couldn't make any changes. He couldn't make any changes. It was a contest of power and power, He couldn't make any changes. He was an oddball.
That was his story. He fell to the pain but he has nowhere to run to because that is his only means of survival.