Fined 600,000 For Snacking In The Office

Winnie Smith was very dissatisfied with my attitude. “Taylor, you should reflect on yourself! Review your mistakes in our company meeting!”

I looked at her angry, red face and clenched my fists. I then said indifferently, “Sure.”

My colleagues all turned to look at me. They were all in slight disbelief.

Winnie turned around and strutted to the twenty-third floor. I remained at my desk.

After a while, there was a company-wide email.

[Taylor Anderson from the sales department has repeatedly violated company rules. After careful consideration, his commission, worth 600,000 dollars, will be deducted. He will review his mistakes in the meeting at 2 p.m. today. This will serve as a stern reminder for everyone else!]

My colleagues stared at me in shock. Henry Black, who was seated opposite me, texted me separately. [Winnie must be going through menopause. You shouldn’t be going up against her. Just apologize to her. 600,000 dollars is on the line!]

I smiled. It was useless to apologize to her. She wanted to get rid of me either way.

She had already eyed my position for a really long time.

Back when the CEO poached me to this company, he promised that I did not have to clock my attendance. I was free to do whatever I wanted as long as my performance was good.

I was responsible for half of the sales in my department.

The agreement with M Corporation was worth ten billion dollars. I only needed a week to get them to sign our renewal agreement.

Winnie probably believed my job was too easy. That was why she was jealous of me.

I texted Henry back. [Just wait and see. It’s not just a humiliation ritual, she’s planning to replace me!]

Henry was shocked. I pretended not to notice. I stayed at my desk and calmly organized and printed out all my clients’ data.

Then, I wiped all the data from my work phone. After that, I started to write my reflection report.

Winnie came down for a while. She saw that I was writing my report and smiled smugly.

She called everyone over when it was 2 p.m.. The meeting was held in the big meeting room located on the twenty-third floor. More than a hundred employees attended.

Winnie sounded firm. “I want to reiterate that the office is a workplace. Don’t treat it like it’s your house or worse, like a garbage dump. Some people just refuse to listen!

“Don’t think you’re better than anyone else just because you were personally hired by the CEO. You managed to get the agreements signed over simple phone calls or meals. Anyone can do that!

“Taylor, come up and review your mistakes. Tell the others what you’ve done!”

I stood up. While some people looked confused, others looked gleeful. I walked forward.

“Winnie was right, I shouldn’t be snacking in the office. From today onwards, I will adhere to the company rules very strictly!

“Winnie, I’m not highly educated. I can’t say anything else. If you ask me not to snack, I will stop doing it. I’m just a salesperson!”

“It’s good that you know your mistakes! Since this isn’t the first mistake you’ve made, the management has decided to demote you to the position of a regular sales employee.

“This is our new director, Brandon Miller. He’s an overseas graduate, and I believe he’d be able to bring us to new heights!”

People were clapping unenthusiastically. Winnie welcomed an unkempt man onto the stage. Henry and I exchanged glances. He looked speechless.

After that, Winnie said, “Taylor, pass all your clients’ data for the redistribution of work!”

I agreed and passed them the printed documents.

If they could handle those clients, they were free to do so!

Winnie was a little suspicious to see me being so cooperative. She carefully scrutinized the data and only let it go after noticing nothing was wrong.

Brandon looked even more smug. He had just come down from the twenty-third floor when he rapped a knuckle on my desk. “Taylor, quick, pack up your things. Otherwise, if something’s missing, you won’t be able to bear the consequences.”