About a Week Later
Jeff made Craig's hiring official within two days, and the reaction from employees was overwhelmingly positive. That was enough to make the other three members of the executive team glad not to have hired Ted Marchbanks. But it wouldn't be the only thing.
A few days after Ted had pulled himself out as a candidate for the job at VB, one of the “unauthorized references” called. This was a former employee at NBC who knew of Ted well. Her name was Dani, and she was Kim's brother's girlfriend's sister. At first, she seemed less than forthcoming, until Jeff explained, “Actually, Ted decided not to pursue a job here after all.”
“All right then,” Dani explained, “then I guess you don't need me.”
Before she could hang up, Jeff caught ...
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