The email wasn’t from my management. It was from a rival company. They have a manager with the exact same name as mine: “J. Ramirez.” They mistyped ONE letter in the email address. And I, idiot savant, guessed their password on the first try.
Inside were detailed dossiers on my own company’s suppliers, secret profit margins, and a list of employees to “neutralize” (HR speak for fire). My stomach dropped. Espia por Error
I panicked. I thought my boss was testing my loyalty. So I forwarded the email to my director with a message: “Why am I on this list? I’m not a manager.” The email wasn’t from my management