"Even though he was in Europe for his father's funeral, his manager called and told him he had to get back to work immediately. There was some special project they needed him for."
"That's illegal."
"Not if you want your job... But the best part is that he flew back, and the manager in charge of the project was out on vacation for two weeks."
"Did he quit?"
"Yeah, he works here now. The guy's great."