Length9h 49m
About this audiobook
She spent eleven years making a corporation sound human. She has forty-five minutes to sound like herself.
She wrote the layoff letters. The sustainability indexes. The CEO’s LinkedIn posts. For eleven years, Sylvie Crane was the voice a corporation used when it needed to sound human—and she was extraordinary at it.
Now she is leaving Aldiss Group without another offer, without a destination, without a reason anyone fully understands. She has agreed to an exit interview.
The form has six questions. The interviewer is pleasant and prepared. The conference room is one Sylvie has booked a hundred times before. At first, her answers are correct. Then something shifts. The professional deflections begin to fracture. The mid-sentence corrections accumulate. Eleven years of institutional language—of making omission sound like tact and feeling sound like fact—press toward a reckoning neither woman in that room anticipated.
Audiobook details
GenreAction and Adventure
Length9 hrs 49 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 17, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Dedication
2Acknowledgments
3Chapter 1: Please State Your Name and Your Current Title for the Record
4Chapter 2: And You’ve Been with Aldiss How Long?
5Chapter 3: Can You Walk Me Through Your Role Here at Aldiss?
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6Chapter 4: What Would You Say Were Your Most Significant Contributions?
7Chapter 5: And What Has Your Experience Been Like Working with Your Direct Reports?
8Chapter 6: Before We Get Into Your Reasons for Leaving, Let’s Talk About Your Relationship with Senior Leadership
9Chapter 7: There’s a Note Here That You’ve Declined to Specify a Destination Role. Is That Correct?
10Chapter 8: In Your Own Words, What Would You Say Is the Primary Reason You’re Leaving Aldiss?
11Chapter 9: Can You Say More About That? About the Change in the Work?
12Chapter 10: I Want to Make Sure I’m Understanding You Correctly—Are You Saying There Were Ethical Concerns?
13Chapter 11: Let Me Ask You Something Different. Was There a Specific Incident—
14Chapter 12: You Drove to Roanoke.
15Chapter 13: How Long After That Did You Begin to Consider Leaving?
16Chapter 14: Was There a Conversation, or a Decision Point, That Clarified Things for You?
17Chapter 15: We’re About Halfway Through Our Time. I Want to Go Back to Something You Said Earlier—About Making the Company Sound Human.
18Chapter 16: What’s the Difference Between “Truer” and “Smoother”?
19Chapter 17: I Have a Question Here About Your Departure Package—
20Chapter 18: Is There Anything About Your Time at Aldiss That You Would Like to Formally Document?
21Chapter 19: What Advice Would You Give to Whoever Steps Into Your Role?
22Chapter 20: Do You Have Any Questions for Us?
23Chapter 21: We’re Getting Close to the End of Our Time Together. Is There Anything Else You’d Like to Say?
24Chapter 22: Thank You, Sylvie. Before You Go—Can I Ask You Something That’s Not on the Form?
25Chapter 23: Well. Thank You for Your Time. And for Your Honesty.
26Chapter 24: [END OF TRANSCRIPT]
27Character Guide
28References & Bibliography
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