Two Weeks Notice
“After years of struggling to make ends meet, I finally got a job offer that promised financial stability. Ecstatic, I gave my two weeks’ notice at my current job and eagerly prepared for my new venture. On my last day, my boss called me into his office and said, ‘I’m sorry, but we’ve had a change of plans. The company decided not to hire anyone new.’ Devastated, I went home and drowned my sorrows in a pint of ice cream.
As I mindlessly scrolled through social media and shoveled Ben & Jerry’s into my mouth, I suddenly spotted something that made me do a double take. It was a post by my boss’s wife, wishing her son luck on his new job. It turned out my boss had a share in my new company and he’d decided at the last minute to give the position to his son. I sent a screenshot to my boss and he offered me a $10,000 payout to keep quiet about his nepotism. It kept me going until I found an even better position.”