#Chapter 144: Don’t Lose Yourself

“No. Absolutely not.” “Hazel…” “There is no way that Maria is on this list of layoffs.” I recognized many of the other workers too. They were hard workers all, but I guessed didn’t have a high enough productivity to merit their continued employment with the company they’d given their all to for the past however many years. “Actually,” I said. “This entire list is crap, Logan, and you know it.” “These layoffs are important,” Logan said, sighing. He seemed so resigned about this whole thing, as if the board’s decision was final and he couldn’t fight back. Who knew if he could? He wasn’t even trying. It made me furious. “Important for who? These are all hard workers. They show up every day and give their full effort. But because they don’t put in the overtime to meet some new arbitrary deadline, they aren’t worth keeping around anymore? I thought this company cared about its employees. How can you treat people this way?” Logan stood up from behind his desk. “You think I w