Just got notice of my last paycheck from my severance. I was “quietly fired” last summer from a job of 22 years. Out of curiosity I checked their website only to find they were looking for 2 managers to run the programs I had developed in addition to the job I had actually been paid to do.
Years ago when I had asked for a title change, as my job no longer resembled that of my peers, a supervisor told me “there is no reward for competency.”