For five years, one employee devoted himself fully to his job. He arrived early, stayed late, and handled difficult problems that others avoided. Although he was not the most outspoken person in the office, he was dependable—the kind of worker managers relied on when something needed to be fixed quietly and efficiently.
One Friday afternoon, his manager called him into the office. The conversation was brief and filled with polite corporate language about “organizational restructuring.” However, the real reason quickly became clear. The manager’s daughter had just graduated and needed a job, and his position was being cleared to make space for her.
As the meeting ended, the manager handed him a stack of folders containing unfinished reports. He asked if the employee could complete them by the following week to help with the transition. Although the request required many hours of work, the employee nodded politely and took the folders home, even as frustration and disappointment built inside him.
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