This IT pilot fish has just been notified that he’s about to be laid off, and he’s scrambling to find a new job while the clock ticks down on the notice period.

“The United Way campaign had already begun — a big deal at this company,” says fish. “They had all kinds of posters, announcements in the daily newsletter, PA announcements, broadcast voice messages and various levels of management coming around.

“There were even sweepstakes for wonderful prizes like a parking spot by the door, free cafeteria lunches, and even TVs. The closer to the end of the campaign we got, the higher the levels of management that would come to talk to people who had not pledged, trying to convince — “pressure” is such an ugly word — them to do so.

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