Episode 20: Major Questions
As time passed, Lucy still felt perplexed by her job. She knew Damien wanted to expand the company to other forms of digital media, but to what exactly? And why was he leaving those sort of decisions in the hands of a new hire who he hadn’t even met?
Lucy’s confusion was complicated by the fact that she enjoyed being at Rainy Day. She liked her coworkers and saw a lot of potential in the company. Even with all of the uncertainty about her role, she was still getting paid and it was helping a lot. On the other hand, how could she feel secure in her job when she didn’t even understand what her job was?
Frustrated, she turned to the internet to do some research on Damien. If no one at work could tell her what his expectations were, maybe she could find out from outside sources.
Through her searching she discovered that Damien hadn’t always been so reclusive. He gave a lot of interviews in the past that provided more information about the mysterious entrepreneur. She learned that he grew up in San Myshuno, raised by his widowed mother along with his brother. Apparently his mom had quite the avid interest in computers and technology, but it was hard for a woman to make it in a field like that back in those days.
Now Lucy understood why he was so adamant about hiring women at his company. He wanted to give them the opportunities his mother never had. He also spoke a lot about the lack of representation in the field of anyone who wasn’t a straight, white, cis male.
Looking at her coworkers, Lucy could see that Damien was trying to amend that. She was finding herself endeared to the man, as infuriated as she was by his lack of leadership. She had to wonder, why her? What was it about Lucy that made him think she of all people should be at the helm of all of these big decisions?
Suddenly, it dawned on Lucy that maybe that was never his intention. Parker had said that everyone else who was interviewed declined the position, insinuating that they didn’t want all of that responsibility. But what if that wasn’t what the job was at all? Lucy finally realized what she needed to do.
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