Payback For My Cheap Severance
Language: en
Thirty-seven bodies were crammed into the glass-walled conference room. Somewhere in the back, someone was quietly wiping away tears. Greg Stanton, our CEO, was smiling. He leaned back, one ankle crossed over his knee, idly twirling a customized metal pen between his fingers. "This company has kept a roof over your heads for eight years. I’d say I’ve been more than fair," he said. The severance package was exactly one month's salary. My share came out to $4,500. Eight years of my youth, my sweat, and my sleepless nights, reduced to a single, heavily taxed direct deposit. I didn't say…