The new policies officially went into effect at 1 p.m. that same day.
At 1:10 p.m., Rachel was the first one to knock on my office door. "Vivian, can we talk?"
I said, "Come in."
She sat down, her fingers clenched so tight they turned pale. "I know this whole mess has gotten out of hand, but don't you think you're taking this way too far?"
"Which part is too far?" I asked.
She paused for a beat. "All of it. No flexible hours, no remote work, everything has to go through the system... Vivian, this isn't how we used to run things."
"That's not how we ran things when your mom was in the hospital, either," I said.
Rachel's face drained of color instantly.
I sneered. "You didn't set foot in the office for three whole weeks, but you still hit your deadlines and made all your client meeti
