IT SEEMED like a good move at the time. I was being assigned to participate in a new reactor design project, one that might revolutionize the TiO2 business. The problem was it took me out of circulation for about 18 months. I should have been learning the ins and outs of the process but instead was dedicated to the development effort. When the company decided to downsize about the time I finished the design project, I became less valuable than others who sat on the sidelines. This outcome is hardly unique.
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