I had a difficult childhood. It made me an amazing employee

To the outside world, my success was unimpeachable – built around work – but inside I was a mess.

Jennifer Romolini

Jun 20, 2024 – 5.00am

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″COME SEE ME AS SOON AS YOU’RE IN,” concludes the flurry of Slack messages from my manager, an all-caps tirade that began at 4.56am.

It’s a Monday morning in 2017. I’m sitting in my car in the parking lot of my newish job, my body frozen, my eyes glued to my phone screen.

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