They Fired Me, Then Raised My Salary Fivefold

Synopsis

The day I got laid off, HR was the one who told me my position had been reposted at seventeen thousand dollars a month. I blinked in surprise and asked her, "So what about me?" She hesitated, mumbling that the company was restructuring and my spot would be given to someone new. I scoffed, "Seventeen thousand a month for somebody new? And what about me?" She lowered her head and said nothing. I sat in the office for a while, staring at my empty workspace, and it finally hit me. I picked up my phone and called a headhunter. Three days later, I had five offers in hand, and the lowest of them started at forty thousand dollars. HR from my old company called me, saying the boss wanted to talk and asked if I'd consider coming back. I laughed, genuinely happy. "Sorry, I've already signed with another company." As I hung up, it finally hit me. They hadn't just laid me off, they'd let go of the one who brought them luck.