pegusus123456 posted... It's also possible the branch was successful in spite of Michael. I think Jim and Dwight were the top salesman in the company.
If we were really want to be fair about it... this is a part of it. Again, you could argue it was in spite of manager Michael, not salesman Michael.
When he left, he had a loooot of clients that he gave to Andy, and while some were lost, they were able to keep quite a few I'm sure. Then you also factor in Jim and Dwight, and of course Scranton did well. They had perhaps the top 3 salesman in the company (Michael, Jim, Dwight), all great for their own reasons, and that was able to counter Michael's inefficiencies as a manager.
The best way we can see this is that Andy went into Michael's position, and the branch still did fine (as a matter of fact, didn't it even do better?). I don't even think Andy is that good of a manager tbh from what we seen, but Jim and Dwight on board would consistently help them.Michael
(and I suppose Andy for that matter) succeeded because I suppose he was unwilling to fire people which led to a consistent branch where you didn't have to put money into training new employees constantly (the other salesmen were good workers too). For instance, Pam
was not too successful as a salesperson and probably was replaceable as a receptionist, but him keeping her around is what made it where Jim stayed around the entire time (albeit, it's not like Michael was doing it for specifically that purpose, it was just an unintended benefit of it), along with keeping people like Dwight around despite his many actions that would have led him to being tossed out the door. The family aspect was a thing that helped Dunder Mifflin out for sure, but I wouldn't say Michael would have been the type of manager you want on board in the long-term as his old staff leaves and he fails to continue to have that whole dynamic with the new workers.
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