pad
A pad is an employee who is considered 'IN THE REAR WITH THE GEAR'. They are in the back of the infantry truck so when a big pothole is hit or layoffs occur they fall out the back and the truck keeps going. Nobody looks back. Commando soldiers stuff the back of the truck with lots of pad to handle rough times. Always make sure you're not PAD!
I got laid off, and I was the pad. I fell out the back of the truck and nobody even looked back.
My coworker was the pad. He got tossed out of the truck when we hit a pothole.
The pad of the company was the guy who took the blame. He got tossed out like trash.