I Just Landed a Huge Contract, Then Got Laid Off

My supervisor had rejected my promotion application for three years running. I'd just landed a major client, and thought my promotion and raise were finally guaranteed. But the company's promotion list named my boss instead. It turned out he'd removed my name from the proposal and taken all the credit for himself. I went to confront him, and he looked down at me as he spat out a tea leaf. “Do the job if you can. If you can't, get out.” Three weeks later, I showed him exactly what it meant to cut costs by eliminating the company's lifeblood!