The CEO Scapegoat Trap
Language: en
As the holidays approached, our company held its annual awards banquet. Everyone else received a hefty year-end bonus, but me? The top sales rep? I just got a piece of paper. To be exact, it was a contract transferring the title of "Corporate CEO & Legal Figurehead" to my name. My boss, Richard Vance, patted my shoulder, his face plastered with a hypocritical smile. "Ethan, I've always seen immense potential in you!" "Keep up the hard work in the new year, and I guarantee you'll take home more money than anyone else by the end of it." "Come on, sign this document. From today on, you are…