Dear employee, Your workplace can forget you were ever loyal. So document everything. The extra hours. The instructions. The targets you hit. The praise. The complaints. The promises. Even the things that looked too small to matter. Because when things go bad, people suddenly develop amnesia. That manager who said, “Don’t worry, I’ve got you” may not remember saying it when HR asks questions. A workplace has no permanent memory. Your documentation does. Keep the emails. Save the messages. Record dates. Keep copies of your work and important approvals. Not because you’re paranoid. Because adulthood eventually teaches you that good intentions make terrible evidence. Work hard. Be professional. Trust people. But keep your receipts. Even a village elder keeps witnesses when the story gets complicated.