My Boss Fired Me After 10 Years of Running Payroll for 12,000 Workers—72 Hours Later, 1,237 Employees Had No Paycheck

payment batch didn’t go through.

I set my phone face down.

Then it rang again.

And again.

By eight o’clock, I had received nine calls from people at Granite.

I didn’t answer any of them.

I made another cup of coffee and opened the notebook I had brought home on Friday.

Inside were personal notes about my career, a list of contacts I was permitted to retain, and a copy of my employment contract.

I reviewed the confidentiality provisions carefully.

I would not disclose company information. I would not share