Several employers ago, when people left the organization where I worked, they also left a lot of stuff behind, as if they wanted no trace of their former work life.

I liked to browse their abandoned offices, checking out the pens, lamps, and books they left. One day a glossy softbound tome caught my eye, a benefits solution company's name tastefully embossed on the cover.

It looked like an annual report. But page after page showed images of workers laughing, socializing, playing ping-pong, posing in the office building, smiling at their desks. Quotes from first-named employees testified to how fabulous this company is.

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