Number Crunchers Inc Faces EISHies Sabotage Undermining Retention

Edith, an actuarial engineer at Number Crunchers Incorporated, investigates a sentimental movement called the EISHies that sabotages the firm by prompting employees to resign, exemplified by Reginald Waterston's departure after recalling a plastic horse. The short fiction by Kristine Kathryn Rusch illustrates how emotional contagion can disrupt data-driven workplaces and force managers to reassess retention controls.
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