It's the stuff of button-down nightmares: sitting across the table from your never-takes-lunch boss, listening to him tell you how "difficult" it is for him to eliminate your position, with the company lawyer standing sentry nearby lest you flip out.
You're getting fired. Or, more precisely, Amy Shouse is. And the marketer-turned-writer--like noted badasses Kash Sree and Dennis Litky--handled it with aplomb.
Sensing that the axe was coming after her company was taken over by Bain Capital (and her charming new boss was installed), she slowly started ferrying her belongings back home via Trader Joe's bag. That preparation--and the getting canned itself--turned the termination into something much less terminal.
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