1. Should Phil and Linda ignore the old-timers protests and write the job descriptions as they see fit? Why? Why not? How would you go about resolving the differences? In May 2011, Mississippi River flooding hit Vicksburg, Mississippi, and the Optima Air Filter Company. Many employees homes were devastated, and the firm found that it had to hire almost three completely new crews, one for each of its shifts. The problem was that the old-timers had known their jobs so well that no one had ever bothered to draw up job descriptions for them. When about 30 new employees began taking their places, there was general confusion about what they should do and how they should do it.