Dude! Where's my job gone???
Greetings folks!
Gotta ask... "Where's my job??"
A little background now....
On the day before my 45th. birthday, I was politely escorted by my manager to a nice little room in which a very nice HR person was fidgeting in a chair. I surmised that this was not gonna be the raise I was expecting for my many endevors in the previous year. This was definitely the case ....
I was asked to sit and could feel the tension rising between my now temporary "roomies" and my presence in the assigned meeeting room. The manager proceeded to explain to me that my position was no longer required for the new department he was heading.
It seems that my/our work was done so well, and was of such note, that it was a feather in his cap from upper-management. A promotion was due because they could only assume that his leadeship was the reason we "monkeys" got such a good job done in such short order.
Management saw fit to allow a new department to be created and he was promoted to V.P. of the department. His new budget would have to save some money so the high-man on the totem pole would have to go. It appears that he found the grounds that he had sought for the 2 years he has been in the company.
I guess I brought it on myself though... too busy looking for, and performing, RELEVANT work. I had become uncomfortable in my reminding the group and our customers of the things we NEED to get done before we could successfully impliment the bosses pet projects.
I was informed by "Boss-Guy" that I had a vary phoney air about myself, as no person could possibly be that knowledgeable and polite. He also informed me that my vocabulary was too broad for a person who had come from such a meager background (WTF???). He informed that "I was obviously putting up a front to insult him and his integrity."
It amazes me when hierarchy automatically insinuates competence. Isn't it wild how a person make assessments of things to which they have no clue? My core competency had come into question and he assumed that I was unneeded. According to him, anyone could do what I did and that it cost his new department too much to keep me anyway.
That was a month ago. I've been informed by insiders that a VERY EXPENSIVE consultant was hired to pickup where I left off and the consultant has confirmed all the propositions that I had put before the "Boss-Guy" to approve.
It is easy to say that this will cost them triple what my salary was, but I get 100 times the satisfaction from it.....
/*Dave
Gotta ask... "Where's my job??"
A little background now....
On the day before my 45th. birthday, I was politely escorted by my manager to a nice little room in which a very nice HR person was fidgeting in a chair. I surmised that this was not gonna be the raise I was expecting for my many endevors in the previous year. This was definitely the case ....
I was asked to sit and could feel the tension rising between my now temporary "roomies" and my presence in the assigned meeeting room. The manager proceeded to explain to me that my position was no longer required for the new department he was heading.
It seems that my/our work was done so well, and was of such note, that it was a feather in his cap from upper-management. A promotion was due because they could only assume that his leadeship was the reason we "monkeys" got such a good job done in such short order.
Management saw fit to allow a new department to be created and he was promoted to V.P. of the department. His new budget would have to save some money so the high-man on the totem pole would have to go. It appears that he found the grounds that he had sought for the 2 years he has been in the company.
I guess I brought it on myself though... too busy looking for, and performing, RELEVANT work. I had become uncomfortable in my reminding the group and our customers of the things we NEED to get done before we could successfully impliment the bosses pet projects.
I was informed by "Boss-Guy" that I had a vary phoney air about myself, as no person could possibly be that knowledgeable and polite. He also informed me that my vocabulary was too broad for a person who had come from such a meager background (WTF???). He informed that "I was obviously putting up a front to insult him and his integrity."
It amazes me when hierarchy automatically insinuates competence. Isn't it wild how a person make assessments of things to which they have no clue? My core competency had come into question and he assumed that I was unneeded. According to him, anyone could do what I did and that it cost his new department too much to keep me anyway.
That was a month ago. I've been informed by insiders that a VERY EXPENSIVE consultant was hired to pickup where I left off and the consultant has confirmed all the propositions that I had put before the "Boss-Guy" to approve.
It is easy to say that this will cost them triple what my salary was, but I get 100 times the satisfaction from it.....
/*Dave
posted by RabidAmerican | 3/10/2005 10:39:00 AM
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