Chapter 220

Garrett and his group left with their tails between their legs. I glanced at the half-empty meeting room and gestured for the remaining employees to move forward. "The performance of the third sales department has been terrible," I stated plainly. "If this continues, the third sales department might be eliminated." The employees who had just narrowly avoided termination immediately tensed up. What? Could they still be at risk of being laid off? Even if they were merged into other teams, they would likely be ostracized. "There's one month left before the next quarter," I continued. "My expectations aren't high—just achieve half of what the other divisions are doing." "But." Nathan raised his hand in protest. "How are we supposed to manage that when we've lost so many people?" "Lost so many people?" I raised an eyebrow. "There are 15 of you here—I don't think that's a small number. Besides, were the people who just left really the ones bringing in the majority of sales for the thi