You Made Me Ashamed to Work for Your Company

On May 14, 2021, I left my day job at a major health insurance company. This is the email I sent to the CEO.

An obscenely large McMansion, faced with what appears to be rough fake stone, illuminated with all lights inside blazing yellow in the purple dusk. A wide swath of lawn extends from the circular drive to a sidewalk close to the camera. — Not, as far as I know, Mr. Poupon’s actual house (photo by Daniel Barnes on Unsplash)

Names in the email below have been changed.

Friday, May 14, 2021

Dear Mr. Poupon—

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You Made Me Ashamed to Work for Your Company

On May 14, 2021, I left my day job at a major health insurance company. This is the email I sent to the CEO.

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