Terminated for attending my mother’s funeral.” After five years of loyalty, I was fired by email while still grieving.

nights, emergency weekend calls, and covering for managers who missed their own deadlines.

And this was what I got.

My access badge had already been disabled.

I read the words again, hoping somehow they would rearrange themselves into something less cruel.

Violation of attendance policy. Unapproved absence. Effective immediately.

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