The 10% Illusion: Coding My Own Severance
Language: en
At the start of the year, our CEO, Mr. Mercer, patted my shoulder heavily. "If we hit $5 million in profit, the core team is splitting 10% of it!" I went home and told my husband, Mark, that I’d be bringing in around $80,000. He was ecstatic, talking about how we could finally make a massive dent in our mortgage. On December 23rd, just before the holidays, my phone buzzed with a direct deposit notification: $2,800.00. I stared at that number for a long time, convinced it was a typo. When Mark asked how much I got, I told him $2,800. The spatula in his hand slipped and clattered onto the…