The beatings will continue until morale improves.
I hope it isn't true that he has been let go.
If it's really the case then I dearly hope there will be a united action to support him.
Keep beating a dog with a stick yet expect it to be loyal, come back to you when you call it and sit when you demand it? Well, this dog BITES, it won't put it's tail between its legs. Just hope it has enough teeth. Or run away.