For seven years I worked in a company which started off as a promising start-up with the most gorgeous CEO whom we all loved and appreciated. The atmosphere was one of comradery. We worked hard and long hours which were not extra paid for, but we all loved it. There were about 60 people in the company when I joined. The CEO did not want us to have job descriptions, so that we would be free to expand our field of involvement. It was the 90’s…
The company did so well in the semiconductors industry, so much so, that a large international company was interested and eventually took over. Almost all the employees got the benefit of finally having our shares in the company having a real value. I got to buy myself a new car for the first time in my life. I was a single mom raising my hyperactive son and the miracle of being able to buy a car was very uplifting.
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