Employee of the Year

It still blows Linda’s mind when she thinks about how she became a middle-aged woman working for the Brendar Corporation. The Galactic Recession hit the Community of Worlds hard. Few worlds were spared from the devastating economic collapse. Jobs were impossible to come by. Government efforts to restart the economy were a slow process the middle class could ill afford to wait for. Linda needed a job and she needed it now.

The temp agency had an opening on the Brendar Corp’s home world for a secretary. Only a female would do. Linda, then Brad, had no choice; it was take the job with the gender reassignment or starve. That was five years ago. Linda adjusted well, but still muses over the series of events that led her to this place.

The boss wanted to put a picture of all staff members on the company webpage. Here we see Linda posing for her photo. People around the company learned Linda is a go-to guy, ah, gal. When calling the home office everyone knew you talked with Linda if you want to get things done. Linda is proud of her work. She just made “Employee of the Year”.