Here's a response I received after posting this on another forum:
"I know, it's so hard to find good help these days.
My first assistant was this weird tattooed guy who spoke about 3 words to me a day. He got into a fight with some hippie with a braid, and died soon after. My next employee was some pretentious noble. A count or lord or something. He just wasn't cutting it though, so I decided to replace him. Number 3 showed a lot of promise at first, but then he was attacked and injured by, guess who, the same hippie. I swear, that guy has some serious violence issues.
So I had to pay for all these medical procedures, he cost me millions in extended benefits. And then, the big company project practically blew up, all his fault of course. Finally, he snapped and threw me down a pit. Ruling the universe can be a pain in the neck."