Reduction in Force

Mystery & Suspense
Cover of the book Reduction in Force by Edith Maxwell, Edith Maxwell
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Author: Edith Maxwell ISBN: 9781301034123
Publisher: Edith Maxwell Publication: January 5, 2013
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Edith Maxwell
ISBN: 9781301034123
Publisher: Edith Maxwell
Publication: January 5, 2013
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

In this short story, software engineer Jackie Rousseau loses her job to outsourcing, as do several others in her group. Their manager doesn't seem to care. Jackie manages to stay afloat financially but she sees the damage the reduction in force wreaks on her friends' lives. Art needs to support a family and an ill wife. Raymond seems to be coping and then goes off the deep end. Jackie, a gardener when she's not writing code, decides to deliver a dose of revenge.

This story was first published in THIN ICE by Level Best Books (2010). Jackie is a major character in SPEAKING OF MURDER by Tace Baker, Edith Maxwell's pen name (Barking Rain Press, September 2012).

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In this short story, software engineer Jackie Rousseau loses her job to outsourcing, as do several others in her group. Their manager doesn't seem to care. Jackie manages to stay afloat financially but she sees the damage the reduction in force wreaks on her friends' lives. Art needs to support a family and an ill wife. Raymond seems to be coping and then goes off the deep end. Jackie, a gardener when she's not writing code, decides to deliver a dose of revenge.

This story was first published in THIN ICE by Level Best Books (2010). Jackie is a major character in SPEAKING OF MURDER by Tace Baker, Edith Maxwell's pen name (Barking Rain Press, September 2012).

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