In the aftermath of 2007 great financial crisis, the company I worked for was in the brink of bankruptcy. I was doing well in my job, but my company wasn't. It was finally bought over by a bigger company, and that was when the whole drama began.   After the takeover, we're pretty much under the mercy of the new owner. I got a new boss and the direction from the very high up was to outsource the function where I belonged to. I was retained by the new company to "manage" the outsourcing company. However most of my colleagues and team mates were given severance package and asked to work for the outsourcing company, which would provide services back to my new company.   It was then my worst nightmare started. The outsourcing company wasn't able to deliver according to expectation. There were so much corporate politic taking place as the ......