Chapter 527
Nina laughed helplessly, "I promise I'll play nice with everyone as long as I can keep my job."
"Well, Nina, we're not gonna hold a grudge... Let's wait and see."
Martin reported the situation to Sebastian in the boss's office at Skyline Corporation.
Sebastian raised an eyebrow, "So this is your version of everything going well?"
"Uh... you could say it's an unexpected hiccup... They immediately reported it to me, and I jumped on it."
"Fire Nina!"
"Well...but Mrs. Bishop seems to feel sorry for Nina, wants to speak up for her and make up for the blunder... If the meeting could be postponed for a week, the finance department could pull some all-nighters to redo this month's data." Sebastian tapped his desk lightly, "Mrs. Bishop's health isn't the best; she shouldn't overdo it."
"So the meeting's still on? What about Nina? Mrs. Bishop might sympathize with her family situation since she has a disabled husband and her daughter's been sick... It's what caused her to screw up at work."
Sebastian casually said, "She can stay, but she gets docked a month's pay, half of her bonus, and she's demoted to a regular employee."
Skyline Corporation offered its employees great pay but was also super strict.
If it weren't for Marilyn's intervention, Nina would already be out on her ear.
"What about the deputy director position?"
"Can Mrs. Bishop handle it?"
If she became deputy director, she could boss people around.
That would take a load off her shoulders.
"I've heard Mrs. Bishop has seven or eight years of finance experience; I think she can handle it..."
"Then get on it."
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Once the final decision came out, the finance department folks were bummed.
The boss didn't give them a chance to make things right. Even though Nina stayed, she got demoted, tost a month's salary, and had her bonus cut in half.
And the whole finance department would be waiting for their punishment after the meeting tomorrow.
It meant the whole finance department got dragged down by Nina.
They had no idea if their bonuses would be cut too!
So, the office turned cold toward Nina, even the ones who had helped her before.
But Nina was already grateful. At least she could stay and still had a chance to keep working and making money.
And as for Marilyn, the finance newbie, promoted to deputy director, everyone was jealous.
Only the two colleagues close to Marilyn congratulated her, saying they should celebrate her promotion tonight. Marilyn knew this was Sebastian playing favorites.
Other even if she were capable,
she can't get promoted in a big company like this without putting in
a few years' work.
Even though the promotion was officially announced, she had no choice but to accept it.
That day, she swapped office spaces with Nina and got her own private office, which felt pretty good.
Everyone thought it was compensation from the company for the false accusation and injustice she faced.
But as the finance department head
saw Martin out of the finance department, he asked, "With so many senior employees in the company, why is the
Marin net
taking the deputy director position? What does this say to those senior employees?"