She picked one up—Elias’s coffee consumption map. She read it. Then she looked at Elias.
“Audax Solutions is entering a new era of lean hyper-efficiency. All departments will undergo a real-time value audit. Work that does not tie directly to a quarterly KPI will be sunset. Immediate.” hidden unemployment
Panic. Elias’s heart hammered. This is it. The reckoning. She picked one up—Elias’s coffee consumption map
Purpose.
One Tuesday, a memo arrived from the new CEO, a ruthlessly efficient woman named Veronika Cross. Subject: hidden unemployment
It was called the "Cross-Functional Synergy Tracker." In reality, it was a color-coded map of the office coffee consumption patterns. Column A: Employee Name. Column B: Preferred Bean. Column C: Average Cups per Diem. Column D: "Existential Desperation Index" (his private joke).