Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career

by Kristi Coulter

I’d recently leveled up to the Crayola forty-eight-pack and access to options like cornflower blue and carnation made me take leave of my senses.

“Being tough isn’t the same thing as being mean, you know. I think you need to internalize that.”

the first twenty minutes of the meeting are devoted to reading it in silence. That way, no one can say “I didn’t have time to read the document, but” before spouting off about whatever, and it also ensures that everyone in the room is operating with the same set of facts.

People leave, of course, though we don’t say “leave”; we say they “promoted themselves to customer.”

women are encouraged to flounce out of workplaces where they’re harassed or marginalized. They don’t deserve you! They’ll be sorry when you’re gone! Sure. Put your income and insurance and career momentum on ice while you look for a new job.