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Man.. it's good to be my boss... making $$$ for 'easy' work.

Zeze

Zeze

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My boss is a very sharp guy, and one of the better bosses I've had.

I'm a consultant for one of the biggest medical company in US. I am a production support lead for one of the five functional areas of the team. Now my boss used to be my peer as a lead for another area, but he's been at it for 3+ years, while I was brand spanking new.

Due to some shuffles and urgency by operations/AMs, my area was under fire (that's why I was brought in). My boss proved himself to speak eloquently and kept the resources in line. The management was happy with that. With his help, I had adjustedl too over time. Few months later, they naturally promoted him as the floor/dept lead.

So the upper management is happy- as long as my boss keeps AM/Ops at bay with status reports, providing high-level responses that we provide (along with other area leads).

But from what I observe, he really doesn't do much on day-to-day basis. He put good people in each area, so we're basically on auto pilot. If there are escalations, he says to leadership that he's appointed someone to look at it (such as I), and we take care of it.

1. Past summer, he worked remote for a week while enjoying time at his beachfront home. Obviously he charged the company full time while probably just attending 2-3 calls and checking emails.

2. He's been working from home on every Fridays since.

3. This Thanksgiving week, he's working from home. His bosses don't care as long as no one is breathing down on them and AMs/Ops are taken care of as needed.

I suspect when he became the floor lead, he'd make about $80-90/hr. They also pay overtime, so he easily clocks in at $250K+/yr.

That's a pretty cozy job. The company doesn't care, they just turned record profit this quarter.
 
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its good to be you too. When you have a good boss that hires good people and keeps the upper level people off your back, you got it easier.
 
My company is similar. Once you get to a certain point, you really don't have to do much day to day and a lot of them don't have to put in the face time. My boss has around six direct reports and probably makes in the 200k range and works from home a couple days a week.
 
Many roles are like that, but when the crap hits the fan those same guys aren't going home for a few days usually.

That would be close to 50 hours a week, I don't know if they would allow that for home work without support to back it up.

I don't get overtime, but I need 70% utilization. I am home about 25-50% and need to have billing reflect proper utilization.
 
maddogchen said:
its good to be you too. When you have a good boss that hires good people and keeps the upper level people off your back, you got it easier.
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Absolutely. I don't know if I'm supposed to feel guilty for making this much (but then I was grossly underpaid previously).

I just do what is asked of me and carry on.

I DID feel first-hand that the world is not fair. Hard work does not always equal to good paying jobs.

There are poor people who don't work hard.
There are poor people who work their asses off.
There are rich people who also don't work hard.
There are rich people who work their asses off.

Life just a roulette.
 
When shit goes bad, it's his ass on the line. IMO when it comes to managing, if you make it look easy you're doing it well. From what I've gathered from your OP, it seems he played a noticeable role in making your area so self sufficient... so he's getting the benefit from being a good manager. Until you get into that role, you just can't understand how hard it is to get the right people in the right spots and get everybody motivated to produce to the level needed. It sounds like he's done that, so good on him.
 
I got into the wrong profession. 🙁

My sister just got a programming position with a startup. $90k to start with company stock.
 
gorcorps said:
When shit goes bad, it's his ass on the line. IMO when it comes to managing, if you make it look easy you're doing it well. From what I've gathered from your OP, it seems he played a noticeable role in making your area so self sufficient... so he's getting the benefit from being a good manager. Until you get into that role, you just can't understand how hard it is to get the right people in the right spots and get everybody motivated to produce to the level needed. It sounds like he's done that, so good on him.
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this

BD231 said:
So does your girl let you eat her out yet or is that still a no fly zone?
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I'm not sure where this is coming from but 😀
 
gorcorps said:
When shit goes bad, it's his ass on the line. IMO when it comes to managing, if you make it look easy you're doing it well. From what I've gathered from your OP, it seems he played a noticeable role in making your area so self sufficient... so he's getting the benefit from being a good manager. Until you get into that role, you just can't understand how hard it is to get the right people in the right spots and get everybody motivated to produce to the level needed. It sounds like he's done that, so good on him.
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Great comment. All my professional career, whoever I've perceived as beneficial for me to learn from, I try to adapt that very trait.

I truly think delegation is a skillset. My boss is very good at drawing a CLEAR line between what's his work and what's not.

Such effective communication and simple one-liners covers his ass very effectively.
 
Mai72 said:
I got into the wrong profession. 🙁

My sister just got a programming position with a startup. $90k to start with company stock.
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she's either gonna make 45k as the company goes belly up in 6 months or become a gazillionaire when the startup gets bought out by apple.
 
That's basically my position (in the accounting field, obviously). I lead three functional areas as a Director. I manage. Simply that.

I don't get into the details, unless it's warranted. I hire good people to do good work. And then I keep my hands off as much as I can. I also don't create work for the sake of doing work. That's what any good manager should do, I believe.

Beyond managing workload and deadlines, dealing with different personalities and employee issues, reporting on progress, etc. the most important responsibility is that when something does go wrong and it invariably does, I have to answer for it. And it better be an answer with an appropriate, workable solution. It may sound easy, but it's not, particularly when you've got senior leadership wanting an explanation they can understand.

Companies understand the value of this type of role and they pay well for it. Like your boss, I work from home frequently, though not as frequently as him. I also get paid pretty good, with a sizable bonus. So, yeah, I'm not going to complain and I'm certainly not looking for another job.
 
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CPA said:
That's basically my position. I lead three functional areas as a Director. I manage. Simply that.

I don't get into the details, unless it's warranted. I hire good people to do good work. And then I keep my hands off as much as I can. I also don't create work for the sake of doing work. That's what any good manager should do, I believe.

Beyond managing workload and deadlines, dealing with different personalities and employee issues, reporting on progress, etc. the most important responsibility is that when something does go wrong and it invariably does, I have to answer for it. And it better be an answer with an appropriate, workable solution. It may sound easy, but it's not, particularly when you've got senior leadership wanting an explanation they can understand.

Companies understand the value of this type of role and they pay well for it. Like your boss, I work from home frequently, though not as frequently as him. I also get paid pretty good, with a sizable bonus. So, yeah, I'm not going to complain and I'm certainly not looking for another job.
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QFT...to the lackeys it looks like you are not doing anything.
 
My job is similar in that I get to work from home frequently and make a lot of money. Sometimes I'm really busy and sometimes I'm not. Working for a VAR doing presales means work comes in waves and a big part of what I do is talking with clients on conference calls then building hardware configs and documentation.

I typically work from home 2 days a week, sometimes more.
 
Zeze said:
My boss is a very sharp guy, and one of the better bosses I've had.

I'm a consultant for one of the biggest medical company in US. I am a production support lead for one of the five functional areas of the team. Now my boss used to be my peer as a lead for another area, but he's been at it for 3+ years, while I was brand spanking new.

Due to some shuffles and urgency by operations/AMs, my area was under fire (that's why I was brought in). My boss proved himself to speak eloquently and kept the resources in line. The management was happy with that. With his help, I had adjustedl too over time. Few months later, they naturally promoted him as the floor/dept lead.

So the upper management is happy- as long as my boss keeps AM/Ops at bay with status reports, providing high-level responses that we provide (along with other area leads).

But from what I observe, he really doesn't do much on day-to-day basis. He put good people in each area, so we're basically on auto pilot. If there are escalations, he says to leadership that he's appointed someone to look at it (such as I), and we take care of it.

1. Past summer, he worked remote for a week while enjoying time at his beachfront home. Obviously he charged the company full time while probably just attending 2-3 calls and checking emails.

2. He's been working from home on every Fridays since.

3. This Thanksgiving week, he's working from home. His bosses don't care as long as no one is breathing down on them and AMs/Ops are taken care of as needed.

I suspect when he became the floor lead, he'd make about $80-90/hr. They also pay overtime, so he easily clocks in at $250K+/yr.

That's a pretty cozy job. The company doesn't care, they just turned record profit this quarter.
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Sounds like your boss is a decent guy to work for. People skills are not something that everyone has. Those that do seem to move up the the ladder fairly fast.
 
The biggest thing a good boss (even if you think he is lazy) can offer is moving you into his role so he can move up.

Sadly, so many times people can't move up not because the jobs aren't getting done, but because no one on the team wants to step up.

I think people rather bitch than help themselves.
 
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All party jobs like that come to an end eventually.
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Do you really live in Denver, CO?

The first time I skied was at Beaver Creek a couple years ago. So many managers and the like just relaxing and doing their thing. Some interruptions in their day, but they handled it and their feet on the floor and hands at the wheel back home got it worked out.

I wouldn't live there (I had to wash my rental car for that shitty snow that has crap all over your hand just opening your car door), but it's a nice place to visit.

There was a 20 something dude at one of the bars I was enjoying, he brought out like a dozen women to his 'lodge' his daddy gave him for his 18th birthday. It was really his dad's house, but dad wasn't living there.
 
My old man told me sometimes he felt guilty about his job. But he also said that when sh!t hit the fan, they came to him for answers. Basically that his job involved knowing what to do, when to do it, and he had to make the tough decisions.
 
CPA said:
That's basically my position (in the accounting field, obviously). I lead three functional areas as a Director. I manage. Simply that.

I don't get into the details, unless it's warranted. I hire good people to do good work. And then I keep my hands off as much as I can. I also don't create work for the sake of doing work. That's what any good manager should do, I believe.

Beyond managing workload and deadlines, dealing with different personalities and employee issues, reporting on progress, etc. the most important responsibility is that when something does go wrong and it invariably does, I have to answer for it. And it better be an answer with an appropriate, workable solution. It may sound easy, but it's not, particularly when you've got senior leadership wanting an explanation they can understand.

Companies understand the value of this type of role and they pay well for it. Like your boss, I work from home frequently, though not as frequently as him. I also get paid pretty good, with a sizable bonus. So, yeah, I'm not going to complain and I'm certainly not looking for another job.
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Came here to pretty much post this. Sounds like OP's boss is a good manager if he makes it look easy.
 
Blieb said:
My old man told me sometimes he felt guilty about his job. But he also said that when sh!t hit the fan, they came to him for answers. Basically that his job involved knowing what to do, when to do it, and he had to make the tough decisions.
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I have a relative that supported a mountain community of uber rich folks that wanted to live off the grid (but still wanted internet).

His biggest problem was calling them to ask where is money was.

They'd forget about paying him, they always made it more than right for forgetting.
 
OP, this sounds like my last boss. He made the client happy which in turn makes more money for the agency. Also made my life much easier and when I put in my notice to leave, he was able to easily counter with a lot more money. His biggest downfall was letting it go to his head. In the end, he pushed it way past the limit and the company had no choice but to let him go. Really sucks because we had an easy life, but now he's off to California for an even better job. Hoping to get a call one day 🙂
 
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