My boss accidentally shared his screen during a Zoom meeting, exposing an Excel sheet titled "Q4 Termination Logistics." My name was at the very top of the list, highlighted in red and marked for a "performance-based" layoff effective this coming Friday. I sat frozen, staring at my webcam, trying to keep my face completely blank while he continued reviewing the budget numbers as if nothing was wrong. Boss: “Alright team, we need to ensure maximum efficiency over the next forty-eight hours. No mistakes.” Me: “Understood. The cloud migration is on track for Thursday morning.” Boss: “Excellent. We're counting on you.” I’ve been working eighty-hour weeks for nine months, destroying my mental health to hit this deployment deadline.