Falling Deeper

1/24: As I suspected, Caius has continued to pick at Julius' every flaw. He comes up to me almost every fifteen minutes to point out minor mistakes Julius makes. I think he is somewhat distressed about my lack of enthusiasm toward taking action against Julius. I've always maintained that I don't think Julius is a perfect candidate for the position, but it's not as if Caius is either.

I'm not too worried about Caius alone, but I'm really beginning to become worried about how other people are responding to Caius' attitude toward Julius. I've overheard some conversations that are starting to scare me. Just yesterday I saw Caius huddled over in the break room whispering to two longtime employees, Cicero and Casca, two of the other senior employees who are eligible for the promotion. I only caught a few words, but I saw him point to Julius who was standing in the adjacent room. The only two words I could make out were "fire" and "Julius". Either Caius is planning on burning the office down, or he, Cicero, and Casca are plotting to get Julius fired. Julius' job is at least safe for the present time, since I could overrule any attempts to fire Julius unless they come from corporate.

I feel like something is going to happen. I'm leaving this post incomplete. I will come back tomorrow and finish it.

1/25: When I went home yesterday, I thought everything was under control and the trouble would blow over. That was until I came into the office today. I came in as always at exactly 8:35 in the morning. I walked over to my office and draped my jacket over my desk chair. I turned on the computer and began to read my email. I scrolled through the usual memos from corporate until several emails from coworkers from the office caught my eye. The first was from a new employee in accounting. "It will never work” it read. I was puzzled. I read the next line. "It must be fixed." I stared at the cryptic words until finally the meaning came to me. It was saying that Julius as branch manager will never work. And it was telling me to fix it. I sat back for a minute and rubbed my temples as I went over what had just happened in my head. Finally I focused my attention back to the computer screen and read the next email. It was exactly the same, but signed by a different coworker. I looked through the list of email. There were 20 different messages from the low-level workers in the office. Interns, janitors, rookies, even some of the less successful veterans; they had all sent an identical email. I knew what I had to do. The people of Smith & Smith were telling me that Julius could not lead the office, and I could not ignore their wish. I have to turn to Caius. I know now that he is fighting for a good cause. I must join him, and Julius must fall.