Which is a good way to get yourself fired twice as fast, IMHO.

Which is the point- they fired the other peson without a degree of respect or mercy, then came to find out they hey, this person was actually vital. And the person is actually doing the work, just making sure that people realise their nastiness. Office politics sucks, but management really shot itself in the foot, and they have to have live with the pain. an dgiven teh smallish worl of nonprofits, you can bet the story will go around about boith the person crappy tude and the management's shitty treatment.