The following year, the Founders' Week notice was completely ordinary.It spelled out the holiday dates, and that was it.No travel.No $150 stipend.No family spots.No gift boxes.No extra thank-you bonus.Payroll ran as usual, and benefits and overtime were paid as always.Anything the employment agreement promised was still there.Anything it didn't promise was absent.This time, administration added one sentence beneath the notice."All discretionary benefits are subject to annual review and do not create an automatic right to continuation."Paula had rewritten that line several times.She said every benefit from now on had to be spelled out, with no room for anyone to read more into it.After the notice went out, someone asked:"So there's really no trip this year?"Administration replied:"No.""What about the stipend?""No.""Will it come back next year?""No plan at present."The group went quiet.A new employee asked:"Didn't the company used to do thi
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