It Could Happen to You

That was it. No appeal. Stoddard was assigned to oversee the closures, the disposition of assets, layoffs and to strike outsourcing deals. Of course, few others could conceive of the complexity of that last part, because Stoddard had spent 27 years helping develop and nurture the niche that his shop had carved. It had existed primarily because no one on the outside could do it as efficiently or as cheaply as he could. Once those tasks were completed, he was told, there was a possibility that he would be terminated, as well.