My Boss Said Weekend Overtime Study Was Voluntary—So I Get to Keep What I Learned, Right?
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The call ended. The office fell silent. I lowered my head and looked at the layoff notice printed in black and white on my desk. Under the reason for termination, it clearly said: Inadequate ability, negative attitude. Negative attitude? I thought back over the past three years. More than a thousand days and nights. All for Mr. Blake’s promise that once I finished the core project, he would promote me to director of technology. I had treated the company like my home. I had even sat outside the intensive care unit, typing code on my laptop, on the day my mother underwent surgery to remove a…