They Fired Me On My 55th Birthday After 29 Years But Three Months Later The Company Was Fighting To Survive

near the office was still, after several months, a puzzle he had not fully solved.

I raised my coffee mug.

“To old school,” I said.

The laughter that came back was warm and real and came from people who understood what the joke contained and what it did not contain.

Because after everything, I had arrived at a clear understanding of what had actually happened.continue reading …