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>Me: “Well, that’s not too bright. How the hell am I

going to figure out what I said that was a violation if you
do not tell me what it was?”

>Manager: “I cannot divulge that information, but don’t
ever say it again!”

>Me; I left. One of the few “Catch-22” experiences of
my life.

HIDDEN PROBLEMS
There was one problem facing me that did not seem to get

much better over time, even with the success of my team
capturing significant contracts from the DoD. All our
work was classified, we lived in “closed areas” and I
could not tell my immediate manager what I was doing,

nor did he seem interested. The result was that I was
passed over for promotions and one year even got a

substandard pay raise, even when all my performance
reviews exhibited “above expectations” ratings and I
acquired more US Government R&D money than any

other group in the Company. During a “what the hell is
this!!” meeting with our Engineering VP I was told that to
improve my hierarchical standing, it might be in my best