system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Scrubs] If Ted is such a bad lawyer, why is he still employed by the hospital?
gpt
He's cheap. Over everything, we know Kelso wants to keep cost down, and evidently it takes less money to pay the occasional settlement than to keep a proper lawyer on staff, or a firm on retainer.

Also, he functions like a secretary too, thus eliminating another position they'd need to pay. Somebody more competent might have more of a spine and make them hire a secretary instead.