Several years ago I worked for a company in a major city. I started out as a temporary worker because the firm was waiting for some positions to open up before hiring any more permanent employees. I really enjoyed the place because it was interesting high-tech work and the people were friendly. The pay as a temp wasn’t really great but the prospect of being hired in permanently was an incentive enough to stick with it.
After six months, the day I’d been waiting for came. I was asked by my immediate supervisor to report to