Is there anything more awkward than those first few days right after someone at your company gets let go?

Oh, it sucks.

Isn't that the worst?

There's all this weird tension in the air and you don't know what to say.

Well, luckily, we solved that problem by telling a guy that the new company he's about to join already has a plan on how to fire him.

Wait, what?

Problem solved, you are welcome.

It's your phone tab right now.

It's another phone tab.

And weekday mornings on the 20s.

Hello.

Hi, Nathan.

Yeah, who's this?

I'm calling from A.B.H.

My name's Betty. Betty Don't. Oh, hi, Betty. How you doing? I'm calling from A. I'm A.B. Incorporated. My name's Betty.

Betty, Don't. Oh, hi, Betty. How you doing? I'm great. And I hear that you're starting at the office next Monday. So welcome to the team. Oh, thank you. I'm looking forward to it. It's going to be fun. Well, it is my job to help onboard you. Cool. So like email, login, security, all that sort of stuff.

You got it. Exactly. But before we can do that, we do have to finish your offboarding plan.

Off boarding? Uh-huh. You know, for when you leave the company. We like to get that handled ahead of time to avoid any mess.

What happens if I end up staying there?

Oh, I mean, nobody stays forever.

You're going to have to leave one day.

Okay.

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