Claire, the company's star sales performer, had given her all for eight years and closed a $50 million deal — only to have her expense claim for a $10,000 dinner rejected. Her mother was diagnosed with cancer and desperately needed money for surgery, yet her boss still publicly demoted her and stripped her of all commissions, while her snobbish colleagues piled on. Disheartened, she exposed her boss's hypocrisy at the celebration banquet, then resigned and joined a rival company. Her clients valued her abilities, and the deals followed her out the door. Misfortune after misfortune struck her old company until it collapsed, and when her former boss came begging for her return, he was turned away empty-handed.
