Office canary: a worthless or
virtually worthless employee who will
definitely be fired before you, but if
that person does get fired, you had better look out.
Very similar to the canarys miners would take into
the mine with them to warn them about poison gas. If
the canary died, it was time to
get out of dodge…
Where did the girl go that sat near the door?
She got let go and now I'm worried as she was my office canary.