Thin
It wasn't a shock, but I was surprised by the turn of events. I was in upper management for a small company for the past 18 years. We had grown our company, improving sales every year. I felt pretty secure where I was, but you never relax. So when the owner got a takeover offer from a bigger firm in our line of business, I wasn't shocked that he took it. The buyout made him a millionaire several times over. But what surprised me was in the takeover transition, my job was identified as a...