India, Sept. 17 -- A woman who worked at Hewlett-Packard (HP) found herself sad and disappointed when she was laid off after spending 30 years in the company. Initially, she started an intense job search but that didn't yield any results. Then, she decided to take a bold step and shift to Antarctica for a job.

59-year-old May Lee shared her journey from HP to losing her job to finding a new career in an as-told-to essay. In her conversation with Business Insider, she shared how she joined the company as an intern back in 1987.

"As a graduate, I wanted to sign on for life with a good company that I knew I could be loyal to and would be as loyal as a company could be," Lee shared, adding, "I didn't want to climb the corporate ladder or ju...