Gemotions

"So, you're the new guy?" Mark, from the IT department, leaned against the doorway of the sales office, a broad grin on his face. He'd been asked to welcome the new employee, and had no interest in doing so. This was the fifth person to have been "promoted" to the sales department.

I just nodded, pushing myself away from the window. I stared out at the parking lot, as if some answers might magically appear. I felt a lack of interest in the new office. I felt nothing.

The move from research and development felt like a demotion, even though the company had said it was not. He had seen his supervisor briefly, but they had not spoken. The paperwork on my desk was blank. Sales, he knew, required a fire in the belly. He had nothing but the cold ashes.