[Rick Lee]

And I'm pretty sure I'd get no severance. If they laid me off, maybe. But they're gonna make this a performance-based termination and I'll probably be the first sales person they ever fired for that reason. It's a weird place and things are a changin' here. Obviously, I'd me more inclined to abide by a non-compete if it came attached to a generous severance package. But I only have two years with this company. Problem is that they bought out the company I worked at for five years before, but just after I had left to work for a friend for six mos. When I came back after the acquisition, I lost all my seniority from the first place. All my co-workers from there were grandfathered in their seniority. Otherwise, I'd be one of the longest serving account managers there.

How ironic that the guy who runs the counterpart division of our biggest competitor was fired by my company about four years ago. Two years after that he surfaced at our competitor, so I believe his non-compete had expired by then.