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00:08Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
00:40Ms. Miller, relax. Your job's still on probation. Have a coffee with me tonight. Keep me happy, and it'll all
00:50work out.
00:53Thank you, Mr. Evans. I know how to adapt.
01:00Week one, people said hi. Week two, they stopped. Week three, nobody even glanced my way. On Monday
01:06morning, they told me to move my desk to the corner. Commissioner Sarah, that spot over there
01:11is quieter. Might suit you better. Fine. The more hidden, the less they see what I'm really doing.
01:17I passed Kevin's office while I was going to wash my cup.
01:20What are you hiding? Who secretly changed your performance review to passing last month?
01:25I pulled out my phone and quietly pressed the record button. Mr. Evans, please don't do this.
01:29This is a workplace. I taped all that disgusting coercion. From this moment, I'm not the victim.
01:36I'm the one recorder.
01:39It was the team lunch. I was the last one to find out. Actually, I didn't find out so much
01:44as notice.
01:45By 12.30, the whole office was empty. I went to the pantry to get some water and heard laughter
01:51coming
01:51from the elevator. When I got back to my desk and opened my phone, there was a group photo in
01:57the
01:57team chat. No one notified me, as if I didn't exist.
02:05Oh, Sarah Miller, you didn't go to lunch?
02:08No one told me. Oops. Slipped my mind. Next time.
02:12Who does she think she is waiting for an invite? She's thick-skidded. Let her wait.
02:16I listened in silence, not saying a word. I held the printed report and walked straight to David
02:21Anderson's office. About the conditions we discussed yesterday? What about that market report?
02:28Don't worry. Just find a newcomer to take the fall and change the name to yours.
02:33The next day, I saw that report on the bulletin board. My name was gone from the author section.
02:38It was replaced with Laura Black's team. None of you knew what I've been writing down every single
02:42day these past three months. None of you knew just how long the list I'd be reading at this
02:46annual gala is. And the list is only just beginning.
02:50Week 4 began, and the isolation got even worse. Before they just left me out of meals and ignored
02:56me. Now they skipped me in meeting alerts, accidentally lose my expense reports, the printer
03:02breaks every time I use it, and my office supply requests never get approved. I bought my own
03:07stapler, my own pens, even my own A4 paper. Once I went to admin to pick up a notebook.
03:13Specialist, there's no application from you in the system.
03:17I resubmitted it. A week later, still no approval. I gave up and bought a pack of notebooks from
03:23the convenience store downstairs. Wednesday afternoon, I overheard something outside the
03:27pantry.
03:28I bet she quits this week.
03:30Bet she does it next week.
03:33Loser buys drinks. Deal?
03:36I stood frozen at the door with my cup. They didn't notice me and kept laughing. I turned
03:41and walked away silently. I opened my notebook and wrote, December 11th, pantry bet. People
03:47involved, Lisa, Mike, and Jenny, saved. Buy drinks? Fine. I'll treat everyone in the end.
03:53That afternoon, Laura struck again. It was the monthly department meeting. Mandatory for
03:58everyone. Ten minutes before, I watched everyone packing up.
04:02What's the meeting about? What time's the meeting?
04:04No idea.
04:05I stood there watching them file down the hall. I was the only one left on the entire floor.
04:09I checked my email. No meeting notice. Checked the team chat. Nothing. December 11th,
04:16monthly department meeting. Not informed. Details pending.
04:22Half an hour later, they strutted back. Laura led the way, looking furious.
04:27Sarah, why didn't you show up to the meeting?
04:29No one told me. We did inform you. It was sent in the group chat. I checked. There was nothing.
04:35Then you probably just missed it. I didn't respond. She turned and left. Friday was my birthday. No one
04:41knew. No one cared. I sit alone at my desk, eating a cold convenience store sandwich. Staring out the
04:47window. Gray sky. Endless office towers. I'm 32. Ten years ago. Fresh out of college. Full of fire. Five years
04:55ago. Promoted to management. Thinking my future was unlimited. One month ago. Transferred to this branch
05:01to start all over. From scratch. Now I sit in a dark corner, eating a cold convenience store sandwich on
05:05my birthday. My phone pinged. An email. From Kevin, HR. Subject, exit interview notice. I opened it.
05:14It ordered me to report to HR for an exit interview. I stared at the email for a long time.
05:20Exit
05:21interview. No heads up. No conversation. Just a cold, formal message. I didn't reply. I just
05:26opened my notebook and wrote, December 13th. Received exit interview notice. I closed the
05:30notebook, grabbed my bag, and walked out straight. The elevator was empty. I looked at my reflection
05:36and suddenly smiled. Four weeks. They have no idea who I am, why I'm here, or what's coming at this
05:41month's annual dinner, waiting for the show to begin. I showed up right on time for my exit
05:46interview. Kevin said the company wasn't happy with my performance. I didn't fit in. I wasn't
05:52proactive, and my work output was low. I wrote that market report. I'm the original author. He asked
05:58if I had proof. I came here to hear what you have to say, not to argue. The company wants
06:04you to
06:04resign voluntarily. They'll give you the standard severance package. What if I say no? Stay,
06:11and it gets messy. You know how it is. Think it over and let me know tomorrow.
06:19No need to think it over. I'm not going anywhere. Someone else always takes credit for my work.
06:27Always left out. Including what he did to Amy in the office.
06:34I have the recordings. I'm ready for court.
06:42I didn't say another word. I turned around and walked out. Once I stepped out of HR,
06:48I took a deep breath. Round one was over.
06:53When I got back to my desk, I could feel the shift in the air. Before, they just acted like
06:58I wasn't
06:58there. Now it was pure, straight-up hostility. Laura's office door was open. She stood in the
07:04doorway, staring daggers at me. I pretended not to notice, sat down, and turned on my computer.
07:16What did you say to Kevin just now? Did you threaten him? I just told him I have the evidence.
07:28I have the original drafts of the report you put your name on. I have screenshots proving you never
07:33invited me to the meeting. I have photos of you sticking me in that crappy corner. Want to see?
07:40You think you can take me on? I'm not here to fight you. I just want to do my job.
07:48The more evidence I had, the longer my list would be at the annual dinner. I opened my notebook.
07:54It was already pages and pages full. Dates, incidents, people involved, proof sources.
08:01Every single entry was crystal clear. Officially, I was just a specialist. In reality, I was the head
08:08of the corporate audit team. I wasn't here to get fired. I was here to fire them.
08:13No one knew my true identity except a few executives
08:16at headquarters. It was specially arranged
08:18by headquarters. We've been watching
08:20the branch for three years. But every
08:22time we sent someone, they found nothing.
08:24They were too alert. The moment
08:26they saw someone headquarters, they stopped.
08:28Soon as that are left,
08:30they resumed.
08:32So you want me to go undercover?
08:36Undercover
08:36is not a good word.
08:38Let you go in as a regular
08:40employee and...
08:41How long?
08:42Three months.
08:44Before the annual meeting.
08:46At the meeting, you'll announce the findings directly.
08:49I need authorization.
08:50What kind?
08:52The layoff list is up to me.
08:53I knew I was right about you.
08:55So here I am. With the title of specialist. Sitting in a dark remote cubicle. I heard she
09:01was transferred from headquarters. Probably demoted. They didn't know that every time they bullied me,
09:05they were digging their own graves. They also didn't know that my spreadsheet was actually an audit draft.
09:10Three months later, I would stand on the stage at the annual meeting and read out their names.
09:17Days passed. I continued to be isolated, continued to have my work stolen, continued to be humiliated.
09:23After three months, I had compiled a complete audit report. Mike Brown submitted fake invoices, totaling 230,000. Lisa White
09:32took kickbacks, totaling 150,000. The most absurd was Laura Blake. Annual salary 1.2 million. Actual output zero. Three
09:40years? Not one client.
09:43Who ever listened got benefits. Who ever didn't got crushed. I was the one who didn't listen. No, to be
09:49precise. I was the one sent to remove her.
09:53Good work. At the annual meeting, you'll announce it. Okay. Then I turned off my phone and looked out the
09:57window. Seven more days. I'd waited three months. Seven more days didn't matter.
10:03The week before the gala was the hardest seven days of all. Laura's dirty tricks got even worse. On Monday,
10:10my computer accidentally crashed.
10:12It's fine. I have backups.
10:14He froze and his face was priceless. On Tuesday, my ID badge went missing. David came down to get me
10:21himself. I followed him inside and passed Laura's office. She stood in the doorway looking furious. I smiled at her.
10:28Her face turned even darker.
10:30On Wednesday, my desk was moved again. This time, to the storage room. It was full of old files, broken
10:36printers, and dusty desks and chairs. The admin girl still put on that sweet smile. I set up my desk
10:42in the storage room, opened my laptop, and kept working. People peeked in, then went off to laugh at me.
10:51She's actually sitting in the storage room.
10:55That's hilarious, Unvable. Who does she think she is? She has no shame at all.
11:01I listened but said nothing. On Thursday, things went too far. At noon, I went to the cafeteria for lunch.
11:08Just as I sat down, Laura walked over with a group of people.
11:11Well, look at you, Sarah. You're still here? Heard your hard drive died and you lost your ID badge? They're
11:18announcing the layoff list at the annual gala. Guess whose name is on it? We'll see each other at the
11:24annual gala. What do you mean?
11:28With that, I picked up my tray and turned to leave. Laura looked confused. Then I went back to the
11:34storage room and kept working. Only three days left. Then the annual gala. I've waited three months for this day.
11:43By Friday before leaving work, I made the final preparations. I printed three copies of the audit report. One for
11:51Richard, one for legal, and one for my own files. I also got the annual meeting agenda.
11:57The final segment, the organizational restructuring, meaning the layoff list, was originally supposed to be announced by HR. But old
12:05Joe changed it. I'm the one announcing it.
12:09They thought I was coming to be fired. They didn't know I was coming to fire them. On Saturday, I
12:14got my hair done. On Sunday, I picked out a red dress. Not because it's festive. Red Command's presence. Three
12:22months.
12:24Isolated. Humiliated. Made a laughingstock. But I never cried. Never backed down. Never doubted myself. Because I knew I was
12:33right. They were wrong. I came to prove that.
12:37Sunday night, I got a message from Richard. Ready for tomorrow? I replied. Ready. A little. Afraid I won't scare
12:45them enough. Richard sent a smiley face.
12:48I turned off my phone and lay in... Outside the window, the city lights flickered endlessly.
12:56I closed my eyes and thought back over these three months.
13:01Day one. Sitting at the window-side desk. Full of anticipation.
13:06The first week. Realizing I was being isolated.
13:09The first month. Being moved to a remote corner.
13:12The second month. Being moved to a storage room.
13:16The third month. Becoming the company joke.
13:20They bet on when I'd quit.
13:21They mocked me in the break room.
13:23They stole my credit and my byline.
13:25They thought I was a pushover.
13:27They didn't know I was a blade.
13:29A blade that waited three months to be unsheathed.
13:33Tomorrow. The annual meeting.
13:35I'll make them understand.
13:36Bullying has consequences.
13:42Sarah?
13:42The day of the gala, the sun was shining bright.
13:46I put on a red dress,
13:47wore light makeup,
13:48and arrived an hour early.
13:50The venue was the banquet hall downstairs.
13:52It was lavishly decorated.
13:54Red carpet, flowers,
13:56a stage,
13:57and a big screen.
13:58I found a quiet corner and sat down to wait.
14:01At 2.30,
14:02Laura arrived.
14:03She was dressed in a black professional suit,
14:06with delicate makeup and a strong presence.
14:08Happy holidays, Laura!
14:10You look stunning!
14:11I heard you're getting the big award this year.
14:13Is that true?
14:16I gave her a cold smile.
14:19At 2.50,
14:20David, the regional director, arrived.
14:22He was the general manager of the branch,
14:24Laura's direct supervisor,
14:26and one of my main audit targets.
14:27He had falsified travel expenses,
14:30totaling $100,000 over two years.
14:33The amount wasn't huge,
14:34but the nature was serious.
14:36He must have known something was going to happen today.
14:38But he didn't know the details.
14:40Headquarters hadn't told him.
14:41At 3 o'clock,
14:42the gala began.
14:43The host was Kevin from HR.
14:47Good afternoon, everyone,
14:48and welcome to the 2026 annual gala.
14:52He gave a long opening speech,
14:53then invited David to the stage.
14:55David spoke for 15 minutes,
14:57all empty official lines,
14:58reviewing achievements,
14:59looking to the future,
15:00thanking the staff.
15:01The applause was weak.
15:02Everyone was waiting for the final part,
15:05the organizational restructuring.
15:07At 4.30,
15:08the awards ceremony ended.
15:10Next up is the final item on tonight's agenda.
15:12organizational restructuring.
15:17Sarah Miller?
15:21Please welcome,
15:22please welcome Miss Sarah Miller,
15:25head of the corporate audit team,
15:27to the stage to make the announcement.
15:29The room erupted in whispers.
15:32Sarah?
15:35Please welcome Miss Sarah Miller,
15:37head of the internal audit team
15:38from headquarters to the stage.
15:47Hello, everyone.
15:48I am Sarah Miller.
15:49Three months ago,
15:50I came to this company as a specialist.
15:52These three months,
15:53I sat in the most remote corner
15:55and later moved to the storage room.
15:57My work was credited to others.
15:59My badge was lost.
16:01My computer was broken.
16:02People bet in the break room
16:03on when I would quit.
16:05The bet was a hot pot dinner.
16:07Someone told me,
16:09you don't fit in this department.
16:10Write your resignation yourself.
16:12Don't blame me for being rude.
16:14But I didn't quit.
16:14Because I wasn't here to be fired.
16:18I'm here to fire you.
16:19Last August,
16:21General Manager David claimed
16:22$25,000 for Sia travel.
16:24Same period,
16:25Manager Laura claimed
16:25$30,000 for Sia client appreciation.
16:28Coincidentally,
16:29both receipts
16:29came from the same executive suite
16:31in the same resort hotel.
16:35Coincidentally,
16:37both receipts
16:37came from the same executive suite
16:39in the same resort hotel.
16:41Even more coincidentally,
16:43during those three days,
16:44the so-called client appreciation
16:46was attended only
16:47by General Manager David
16:49and Manager Laura.
16:50You're lying!
16:51What gives me the right?
16:52Manager Laura,
16:53have you forgotten?
16:54These three months,
16:55I recorded every day.
16:56Every word you said,
16:58everything you did.
16:59It's her!
17:00Laura Blake seduced me!
17:01Those fake expenses
17:02were all her doing
17:03behind my back.
17:04I had no idea!
17:06David Anderson,
17:08you're full of shit!
17:09Who said in bed
17:09that he'd promote me
17:10to region VP?
17:11Shea, he said
17:12he was tired of the old lady.
17:13Then problem,
17:14you want to push my bot?
17:15No way!
17:19Second,
17:20Kevin Evans.
17:22Abuse of power,
17:23long-term verbal
17:24and physical harassment
17:25of junior female employees,
17:26even using probation approvals
17:28to coerce
17:29administrative staff
17:30into bullying.
17:32Third,
17:33Mike Brown.
17:35Admitting fake invoices,
17:37totaling $230,000
17:39over two years.
17:40Fourth,
17:41Lisa White.
17:43Bullshit!
17:44Taking kickbacks
17:45from suppliers,
17:46totaling $150,000
17:48in one year.
17:49The evidence is here.
17:50Want to see?
17:5123 people.
17:52That is all.
17:57When I stepped off the stage,
17:59my legs felt a little weak.
18:00Not because I was scared.
18:01It was because
18:02three months.
18:03I finally said it.
18:04It's finally over.
18:05I walked to the corner,
18:06picked up my bag,
18:07and was about to leave.
18:08Just then,
18:09came rushing over.
18:11I looked at her.
18:12What gives you the right?
18:13What gives you the right to ruin me?
18:14Yeah, I meant to.
18:15You want to know
18:16why I didn't quit?
18:17Because I was waiting for today.
18:19Waiting for the annual meeting.
18:20Waiting for this stage.
18:21Waiting for the moment
18:22when all your partners are here.
18:23She froze for a second.
18:25I pulled a notebook
18:25out of my bag.
18:26Manager Laura.
18:27For the past three months,
18:29I've kept track of
18:29every single time
18:30you've come after me.
18:31See?
18:32It's all right here.
18:33Date, incident,
18:34people involved.
18:35Every single one.
18:36I flipped to the first page.
18:37November 27th.
18:39My desk was forcibly moved
18:40to the dead-end corner
18:41of the hallway.
18:42Flipped to the second.
18:43December 3rd.
18:44Department dinner.
18:45I wasn't notified.
18:46Flipped to the third.
18:48December 4th.
18:49My name was replaced
18:50on the market analysis report.
18:51And there's also the recording
18:52of the quid pro quo
18:53outside Director Yang's office.
18:55Page after page,
18:56I kept flipping.
18:59December 8th.
19:00A meeting where I was hinted
19:01to resign and threatened
19:02with things getting messy.
19:04December 11th.
19:05A break room bet
19:06on when I'd quit.
19:07The steaks were a hot pot dinner.
19:08December 13th.
19:09My birthday.
19:10Got a notice for an exit interview.
19:12January 8th.
19:13My desk got moved
19:13to the storage room.
19:14January 9th.
19:15Computer broke.
19:16January 10th.
19:17Badge.
19:18Went missing.
19:19January 11th.
19:20Public humiliation
19:21in the cafeteria.
19:22I remember everything
19:23you did to me
19:23over these three months.
19:24Every last thing.
19:26I closed the notebook
19:27and looked at her.
19:28Her face went completely gray.
19:30I smiled.
19:31It's not that I tricked you.
19:32You're just too dumb.
19:33You think you could
19:34bully people
19:34and not have to pay?
19:35You think you could
19:36steal credit
19:37and there'd be
19:37no consequences?
19:39You think you
19:39and your little clique
19:40could just run wild
19:41and get away with it?
19:42I put the notebook
19:43back in my bag.
19:44I looked her in the eye.
19:46Manager Laura.
19:47Sure.
19:48The workplace is a jungle.
19:49But you forgot one thing.
19:51In the jungle?
19:52There's more than just prey.
19:53There are hunters too.
19:55I turned and walked
19:56toward the door.
19:57Behind me I heard her crying.
19:59Heart wrenching.
20:00I didn't look back.
20:04After the annual meeting
20:06the branch was in chaos.
20:07David Anderson's affair
20:09was exposed publicly.
20:10His wife stormed
20:12into the chairman's office
20:13with a group of people.
20:14Richard Thompson
20:15fired him to calm things down.
20:17I heard his wife
20:18had proof of him
20:18hiding assets.
20:19He lost everything.
20:20Laura Blake was sued
20:21for embezzlement.
20:22She demanded David Anderson
20:24get her a lawyer
20:25but only got humiliation.
20:27Kevin Evans was taken away
20:28by the police.
20:29I stayed at the branch
20:31for a week
20:31handling the handover.
20:33Sarah I know
20:34this is a lot to ask.
20:35I need to talk to you.
20:37I want to say I'm sorry.
20:38Your badge.
20:39I deliberately delayed it.
20:40I shouldn't have.
20:41It's not your fault.
20:43I'll give you
20:43one piece of advice.
20:45From now on
20:46don't hurt others
20:47just because someone
20:48told you to.
20:48The workplace is hard
20:49I know
20:50but no matter how hard
20:51it gets
20:51there's a bottom line.
20:52You can be weak.
20:53You can obey.
20:54You can go with the flow
20:55but you cannot hurt
20:56an innocent person.
20:58I understand.
20:59By the way
20:59about the badge
21:00I don't hold it against you.
21:02Thank you.
21:02Thank you manager Sarah.
21:04The day I left
21:05it was drizzling.
21:06These three months
21:08finally over
21:09I completed the mission.
21:10I also completed myself.
21:15Richard poured me
21:16a cup of tea
21:16and said
21:17You've been through a lot.
21:19I said
21:20It was nothing.
21:21He said
21:22How could it be nothing?
21:24Three months
21:24all alone
21:26in that kind of environment.
21:28I thought about it
21:29for a second.
21:29It really wasn't easy.
21:31He shook his head
21:32and said
21:32I heard about it.
21:34They moved you
21:34to the storage room
21:35broke your computer
21:36He was about to go on
21:38I cut him off
21:39It's in the past
21:41He looked at me
21:42a gleam of respect
21:43in his eyes
21:43and asked if I knew
21:45why they chose me
21:45for this
21:46I said
21:47Because I'm head
21:48of the audit team?
21:49He shook his head
21:50No
21:51It's because you don't break
21:52He went on
21:54You're the steadiest person
21:55I've ever seen
21:56No matter what happens
21:57you don't panic
21:58You don't fall apart
21:59You don't lose
22:00your composure
22:01I thanked him
22:02He said
22:03It's not a compliment
22:07It's a statement of fact
22:09Then he said
22:10he had an idea
22:11I waited for him
22:12to continue
22:13The branch office
22:14is in need
22:15of a general manager
22:16right now
22:16I froze
22:18He asked if I was interested
22:19I pointed at myself
22:20I'm only 32
22:22He laughed
22:23What's wrong with 32?
22:24Young and accomplished
22:26Before I could say
22:27but
22:27He stood up
22:28and patted me
22:29on the shoulder
22:30Go home and think about it
22:31Let me know tomorrow
22:33I walked out of his office
22:34My head spinning
22:36General manager?
22:37Me?
22:38The same person
22:38who had been stuck
22:39in that forgotten corner
22:40three months ago?
22:41The one the whole company
22:42had isolated?
22:43The one they'd been
22:44betting on?
22:45Waiting to see
22:46when they'd quit?
22:47I stood in the hallway
22:48looking out at the city
22:50Skyscrapers
22:51Traffic flowing
22:52Three months ago
22:53I came here
22:54Three months later
22:55I'm going back
22:56As general manager
22:57I smiled
22:58Life really is something
23:02Every time I walked
23:04I was alone
23:04Now I'm also alone
23:06but it feels
23:07completely different
23:09Come in
23:10Manager Sarah
23:10here are the documents
23:11you requested
23:12Thank you
23:13I want to apologize
23:14to you
23:15for what happened before
23:17and
23:18I told you
23:19I don't hold it against you
23:20But no buts
23:21You've already apologized
23:22and I accepted it
23:24This matter is over
23:25Thank you
23:26Go back to work
23:27From now on
23:29I will be a good person
23:31Go on
23:32I took out that notebook
23:33I turned to the last page
23:35and wrote the final line
23:36Investigation concluded
23:38The records of these
23:39three months end here
23:40Starting today
23:41It's a new beginning
23:42I made a decision
23:43in my heart
23:44From now on
23:45No one in this company
23:46will be isolated
23:46No one will be moved
23:48to a remote corner
23:49Because I'm here
23:49I will make this place
23:51a fair place
23:52A place where hard work
23:53is seen
23:54Outside the window
23:55The sun was rising
23:56A new day
23:57A new story
23:58I'm ready
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