It was a silent, high-stakes game of whack-a-mole. Productivity suffered. Arjun spent an hour every morning just finding a way to check his email. His freelance work suffered. His anxiety grew.
The next morning, Arjun logged into his workstation. The OmniNet login screen appeared, then his desktop. He opened Chrome. He typed gmail.com . He held his breath. unblocked gmail
In the ensuing investigation, Arjun sat across from Chloe and an HR representative. He didn't lie. He pulled out his phone and showed them the unread email from the school nurse, timestamped four hours ago. He showed them the screenshot of his mother’s cardiology appointment, sent by a doctor using a generic Gmail address because the hospital’s system was down. It was a silent, high-stakes game of whack-a-mole
