They returned over the next forty-eight hours on budget flights they had paid for themselves. Airport photos showed wrinkled resort clothes, plastic bags, and missed connections.
Their StarTech key cards no longer worked. A security guard stood outside the locked main doors with a list of names and instructions to admit none of them.
As each plane touched down, the passengers from StarTech received an email drafted by Alexander’s legal team and approved by me.
Subject: Formal Review and Separation Process
*To All Former Employees of StarTech Inc.,*
*This email serves as notice of a tiered separation process. Based on a review of digital communications and social media activity, your involvement in the recent defamatory campaign against the company has been assessed.*
*Tier 1 (Passive
