All Chapters of The Employee They Underestimated: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

When Lucien handed me the year-end bonus plan earlier, this department payout sheet had been accidentally tucked behind it. I originally thought everyone's year-end bonus had been reduced. It turned out mine was the only one that had been cut. Lucien gave me a half-smile. "That's because you did the least work and contributed the least effort. So, you naturally get the smallest year-end bonus." Right. In their eyes, I did nothing every day except order the sales team around, schmooze clients over dinner, and build relationships until deals magically appeared on their own. Lucien added, "Also, the company has decided to transfer you to another position because of your limited capabilities. Brennan will take over as sales manager." I nearly laughed out loud. 80% of the company's orders had come through me. Yet, they were now claiming I was a poor performer and were replacing me with a useless bootlicker who only knew how to flatter the higher-ups? I forced down my tem

The coworkers watching from the side instantly went silent. They turned to look at me one after another. I answered lazily, "Mr. Blackwell, you want me gone? Fine. Just remember to notify HR and start the official termination process. By the way, don't forget my severance package." Then, I sat back down and continued pasting receipts. Lucien pointed at me, shaking with anger as he spat, "Fine… Fine!" Brennan quickly held him back, patting his chest as he soothed him. "Mr. Blackwell, forget him. It's just a few follow-up visits with major clients. We can still close the deal without him." Just then, a coworker from admin hurried over, out of breath. "Mr. Blackwell, Aurexon Medical says there's a problem with their equipment. They need us to go over and recalibrate it. Please send someone to take a look." Back then, the company laid off the entire technical maintenance team to reduce costs because they were not needed frequently. As a result, the sales department had been

I had spent years in sales, so I knew the industry path quite well. I already had plenty of suppliers and clients, so the major problems for starting a business had been solved. So, I decided to go for it. I pulled in some investment, used the resources I had built over the years, and started my own medical equipment distribution business. Thankfully, that previous 50-million-dollar order had not been signed yet. A deal that big had to belong to me. I brought the documents to Hawthorne Health Group to sign the contract. As luck would have it, one of their machines had broken down. Even better, it was a machine I knew how to fix. So I didn't hesitate to roll up my sleeves and repair it myself. After I finished the repair, I bumped into Brennan near the restroom. When he saw the grease on my hands, Brennan smirked. "Well, look at you, Cassian. Couldn't make it in sales, so now you're fixing machines?" Brennan strode around me with a smug look. "I really thought you

Lucien and Brennan had been bribing John for years. That was how they kept winning bids. John leaked bid prices, interfered with the bidding process, and took massive kickbacks in return. Both sides benefited. This was why Lucien's company had consistently secured the city hospital's contracts over the years. After the sales department got thoroughly disgusted by Lucien and Brennan, the coworker who usually handled this particular dirty work gave me all the evidence he had collected. He wanted to use me to take revenge on them. He had the evidence, but not the nerve to report them himself. He was afraid of offending too many powerful people, so he decided I should be the one to bear those risks instead. Fine. After all, it wasn't like I minded becoming the one who stuck my neck out. I was going to take them all down for the sake of revenge and for my business, so I submitted all the evidence I had to the inspection team. Since the evidence I had was as solid as it