I'll own this. Embarrassingly, after turning down a package and not taking an offer of vacation, I was terminated and walked away with ten weeks of vacation. One week after my departure, the CEO made a decision, and 'my' department was transitioned to a more hospitable environment. I'll never know what may have have happened--I do know that final walk out of the building on a serene Monday morning in Seattle brought a sense of relief I will never forget. Blackberry silent, I was finally free to discover life.