[Major Abbey]

Personally, I thought she gave the job back to Mr H. simply because the job really was all he had. It wasn't ethical, but it was more of a charitable decision on her behalf.

I suppose some people could say that she only gave it back because the salary was lower, but I don't think that was the case; as you've pointed out, she could have just talked to Madame Foster about it. I think she gave the job back to Mr H. because she saw what a hard time he was having at the supermarket. IFs like him weren't created to pack bags. Of course Frankie was doing a better job; heck, I'd have voted for her if I were in the house.

I'd like to think that, once he got the job back, Herriman took some of what was being said into account and stopped treating all IFs like they're the same. But since this is Herriman we're talking about, that's probably not very likely.