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I'm sure that person (again, assuming that there was only one) wasn't the only one to know about the money.

It's probably more likely that a manager, someone in HR, etc leaked the info.

You're right, of course. Overall, it just feels that the person who did leak this story would have more reasons to be fired that the one about the memo... Especially if it's someone in HR who are clearly not supposed to divulge any information like that.

If I was that employee, I would think I've now reached the most awkward point of my career. And the most dangerous.

Yeah, but you just scored $3.5 million. I think most people can deal with a bit of awkwardness and danger for that kind of cash.

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