John had gone into work on Monday morning after returning from Italy to resign his position. Rosie was the HR lady who helped him with the exit paperwork. She looked worried when he came in to tender his notice. She had asked for his reason, he told her that his job was done and that he didn't feel he was needed anymore. She looked relieved to hear his reason.
On Tuesday he got a call from the head of HR at another large Silicon Valley electronics company. They said they had heard he was between employment opportunities and they had a job they thought he would be perfect for. They invited him to come in to interview.
He went in and met with several of their VP's. They loved him and John felt that they would be a great company to work for. After a little negotiation over his hiring package, he accepted. When he asked who had suggested that they call him, one of the VP's said it had come down from the President of the company himself. John thanked them and went home. He was to start the next week on Monday.
Monday morning rolled around and it was the usual first day routine at a new company. He spent what felt like hours signing paperwork with HR, then another hour or so watching videos of office protocols. After lunch they had shown him to his new office.
John arrived home and sat on his couch, feet up on the coffee table relaxing. His cell phone rang and he picked it up from the coffee table. Seeing that the caller ID said it was his friend Ron he smiled as he hit the talk button. "Hello Ron, how are you?"
"I'm good. I'm checking in to see how your first day of work went?'
"Ah, you know just first day stuff. I can't get over how everyone always remembers my name the first day I start at a new company, but I can't remember any of theirs, it's truly frustrating."
"Oh you'll get it, you always do. I still find it amazing that you were unemployed for only one day and then someone called you out of the blue with a job offer. It's incredible or just luck of the Irish."
"It can't be luck of the Irish, I'm Scottish."
"They're almost the same except that the Scots figured out how to make whiskey taste really good. Seriously though, they said they heard you were unemployed, how did that know that?"
"I don't know, someone let it out though. So Ron, what's happening at work, anything being said about my leaving?"