Lost, and found.
On Thursday my boss called me, during my morning commute, and asked me to come directly to his office. I agreed, keeping in mind "Hope for the best, expect the worst." Hopefully, this was an announcement of my big bonus, since I'd finally cracked the "tough nut" and we'd seen stellar performance during our big validation event. At worst, he'd want to know what I'd been doing lately. So I started enumerating my latest bug fixes and development on my way up to his office.
What I got was, "I've been told that you have honorably completed your task." I gave a cheer, thinking this meant the big bonus was on its way. Then he said, "I'm glad to see you're excited. I've already been talking to other program managers to find you a new position."
I had to sit down from the shock.
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