If it made economic sense to pay people to dig holes and refill them all day, we would. But that's pointless - it provides no value. If we were going to do that, we should just pay people for nothing, which is what digging holes and refilling them is.
They would be better off, and so would the company and society at large, if they were put into a new role (at the existing company or a new one) that actually provided value.
They would be better off, and so would the company and society at large, if they were put into a new role (at the existing company or a new one) that actually provided value.