Due to the recent pandemic in Caldor, many international trades with Caldor had reduced greatly. Blue Star Shipping had naturally received many order cancellations too.

The company was in a sad state. Many departments were spreading rumors about a major employee layoff. Larissa specifically tried to verify this with Lewis.

Lewis kept working overtime this week, and he looked worse than usual. "We do have plans to lay off some people, but it can't be considered 'major.'" He sounded tired as well as heartbroken and resigned.

"Lay off the employees based on performance then! Our company has always had this system, it was just that our performance was good before and we were able to take care of so many employees, that was why we never enforced this system properly.

"Now that the company is in trouble, those who are not working properly should be kicked out."

"Don't look like that—" Lewis was amused by Larissa's worried frown. He even teased her. "The sky hasn't even fallen yet!"

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