My Manager Wrote Me Up for Leaving at 5—Then His Own Evidence Cost the Company a Fortune

was the sign of a productive employee, but to my manager, Mr. Sterling, it was a sign of defiance.

“Show loyalty, Arthur. Everyone stays until 6,” he said during one particularly tense Friday afternoon. He was leaning against my cubicle wall, checking his expensive watch and looking down at me like I was a bug he was considering squashing. I looked continue reading …