His eyes scanned the paragraphs. He had drafted a thousand technical reports in his life, but this was a different kind of document. It was cold. Surgical. "Dengan ini Pimpinan Perusahaan memberitahukan bahwa terhitung mulai tanggal 15 November 2024, Saudara Arya Prasetyo, S.T., dinonaktifkan dari jabatannya sebagai Kepala Quality Control." He stopped breathing. "Penonaktifan ini bersifat sambil menunggu proses investigasi lebih lanjut terkait dugaan penyimpangan prosedur pada produksi batch terakhir. Selama masa penonaktifan, Saudara dilarang memasuki area operasional perusahaan dan mengakses seluruh sistem internal." Dugaan penyimpangan? Alleged deviation. Arya felt his face flush. The batch he had just inspected that morning? The one he passed as safe? He looked up at Pak Budi.
He ignored it. He had a batch of raw materials to inspect by 9 AM. But five minutes later, Ms. Ratna appeared at his cubicle. She wasn't smiling.
Arya nodded slowly, but his brain translated the formal language: We are cutting costs. You are a liability now.
"This is wrong," Arya said, his voice trembling. "I rejected that batch. You can check the secondary system."
Nomor: 087/HR/XI/2024
"Those logs are precisely what we are investigating," Ms. Ratna interrupted, her voice like dry leaves. "The client reported metal contamination. Your signature is on the release form."
"Pak Arya," Pak Budi began, folding his hands. "Surat ini dikeluarkan berdasarkan evaluasi menyeluruh atas efisiensi operasional perusahaan."