When They Fired the Woman Who Knew Where Every Dollar Went

knowing how payroll worked was unnecessary.

Now nobody knew what the error meant.


At 8:27, my phone rang again.

This time, it was a union representative.

“Did you know?”

“Yes.”

“Did you know this would happen?”

I paused.

“I knew there were serious risks.”

“Harold said you were being dramatic.”

I smiled bitterly.

“Harold has said a lot of things.”

The representative lowered his voice.

“How many people are affected?”

“I’m not there.”

“You used to know.”

“I don’t have access anymore.”

Another pause.

Then he said:

“I’m looking