Traduction de «guy above him didn » (Anglais → Français) :

Sort of independently, a guy who had 300 workers said it didn't make sense for him to have a facility on his turf because he didn't have a critical mass of people who were going to consume it.
Le patron d'une entreprise comptant 300 travailleurs a dit que son entreprise était trop petite pour qu'il soit logique de construire une garderie sur les lieux de travail.

The stories we would hear from the police officers were that they didn't want to charge this guy because he was going to go to jail, or that if they did charge him the courts probably wouldn't convict him because he was going to go to jail.
Les agents de police disaient qu'ils ne voulaient pas porter d'accusation contre un homme pour ne pas l'envoyer en prison, ou alors, que s'ils portaient des accusations, le tribunal ne le condamnerait probablement pas, pour ne pas l'envoyer en prison.

They see it as, look, these companies didn't make it, but this guy has some good ideas and a lot of energy, and we'll back him.
Leur point de vue se résume comme suit: «Ces entreprises ont échoué, mais cet homme a de bonnes idées et beaucoup d'énergie, et nous l'appuierons».

By the way, they found out that a lot of other people were granted pensions under these conditions, but he wasn't, because the guy above him didn't like him.
Mercredi, comme la greffière l'a dit, M. O'Keefe et quelqu'un du ministère comparaîtront. Je pense que c'est très important.