The company director fired me in front of everyone. Two hours later, he called and said, “Dress nicely and meet me by the lake. Don’t tell anyone we’re meeting.” When I arrived, he asked me to take a photo with him… and the next morning, that photo was hanging on the door of his office

“We only needed everyone to believe we had.”

He signed the document and turned it toward me.

It was a new job offer.

Head of Internal Controls.

The salary was almost double what I had been earning.

I couldn’t speak.

“Why me?”

He remained quiet for a moment.

“Because for the last five years, a lot of people here have worked hard to impress me. You were the only one who worked as if no one was watching.”

Then he looked toward the photo hanging on his office door.

“And that picture is staying there until the end of the day.”

I laughed.

“People are thinking terrible things.”

He laughed too.