The Penny Bonus, I Reported the Company

I worked my heart out as the CFO for a whole year, counting down the days until my year-end bonus.

When the day finally came, the company gave me exactly one cent.

Meanwhile, the newly appointed Associate CFO, who had barely started, walked away with a five-hundred-thousand-dollar bonus.

My boss had the nerve to tell me, "Mona, you young people need to learn patience. This penny is the company's way of testing your character."

I told him it wasn't a problem at all. Then, I spent the next thr