And now that she's done, we should throw her by the wayside and abandon her, leaving her to slowly fade away instead of putting people in the situation to properly guide her to a new useful place in the world. I mean so what that she provided something huge that could have a pretty important impact beyond her salary. There is not a better way to go about it at all right?
Further we should just go ahead and let douchenozzles like yummyfajitas talk as if she was a waste of air since she only provided useful research in the past and not currently.
She might want to go into teaching the next generation. (Undergrads, if she no longer has a lab.) I would do that if I were in a similar position.
There are plenty of useful, fulfilling things to do with the knowledge and experience one has accrued as a researcher. Why not travel to a different place and teach?
Further we should just go ahead and let douchenozzles like yummyfajitas talk as if she was a waste of air since she only provided useful research in the past and not currently.