My colleagues send me a video of my boss calling me a worthless dumb ass, a TA staff party,

Описание: My colleagues send me a video of my boss calling me a worthless dumb ass, a TA staff party, and telling everybody I would be replaced next month after 20  Mark my words. She has no clue it's coming. The voice in the video was unmistakable. Daniel Carter, my boss of 20 years. I stared at my phone screen, my fingers cold against the edges. The video, barely 30 seconds long, showed Daniel at the company's annual staff party, a whiskey glass in hand, standing in the middle of a laughing crowd.

My coworkers, people I had worked alongside for decades, some of them chuckled, some shifted uncomfortably, but no one defended me. The video had been sent to me late last night by Liam, a junior analyst I had mentored since his first day. The message attached was short. I thought you should see this before Monday.

A sharp, acidic feeling burned in my throat. After 20 years of unwavering commitment to Carter and Phillips Consulting, I was nothing more than a joke to them. I replayed the video listening to Daniel's words over and over. She's so damn naive. Thinks she's irreplaceable. Watch this next month, we'll have a fresh face in her seat and she won't even see it coming.

I had given this company everything, long nights, missed birthdays, weekends, spent polishing reports to make Daniel look good in front of clients. I had covered for his mistakes, smoothed over his public blunders, even defended him when others whispered about his incompetence and in return, a betrayal so deep it left me breathless.

I didn't sleep that night. Instead, I lay awake, staring at the ceiling, my mind racing between rage, humiliation, and something else, something colder. Determination. At exactly 7:55 AM I walked into the office. Same as always, my heartbeat was steady, my face composed. If Daniel thought I was naive, if he truly believed I would blindly walk into my own execution.

He was about to learn exactly how wrong he was. The office buzzed with its usual Monday morning. Energy phones ringing, keyboards, clicking the smell of burnt coffee, filling the Air. Daniel's office door was wide open. He was leaned back in his chair, laughing with Mark, the CFOI paused in the doorway. Act normal morning, Daniel.

I said with a polite smile. His eyes flick to me a hint of something in them. Hesitation, guilt, no arrogance. He grinned as if nothing had happened. Ellen, good weekend. I nodded. Great weekend. Feeling refreshed for another productive month. He smirked. That's what I like to hear. I bet it is. I turned and walked to my desk and so the game began.

Playing the long game. For the next four weeks, I played the role of the perfect employee. I smiled in meetings. I offered solutions. I took on extra work. I stayed late, just like always. But beneath that, I was quietly collecting everything I needed. Emails, contracts, financial reports, things most people wouldn't think twice about.

years of being fully committed to the company. The next day a tea work, I acted normal, but one month later, Ellen is such a worthless, dumb ass. Next month we're getting rid of her.
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