nothing like your boss's boss's boss to remind you of your place in the corporate world

[nageov3t]

I've worked at my company for 5 years, I've been on-site for every major disaster we've ever had at any of our east coast data centers, and have worked right down the hall from the CFO for the past year... and today, after having a 5 minute conversation with me, he called me by the wrong name :laugh:

 

[Gothgar]

Originally posted by: loki8481
I've worked at my company for 5 years, I've been on-site for every major disaster we've ever had at any of our east coast data centers, and have worked right down the hall from the CFO for the past year... and today, after having a 5 minute conversation with me, he called me by the wrong name :laugh:

rofl

 

[minendo]

When a CFO fucks up dumbass or hey bitch, you know it is time to move on.

 

[WHAMPOM]

Like your dad going"Ben??????Jim???????George!" at you?

 

[AreaCode707]

My favorite was when I won a peer-nominated, C-level selected award that sent me to Hawaii for a week, all expenses paid. One of probably 5 employees from HR that were sent. (I was in HR Operations, semi-technical team.)

The C-level over HR greeted me and my husband while we were there, started chatting. The CIO walked up and waited for us to finish, and the HR C-level introduced us... and introduced me as reporting up into the CIO, who looked at me like I had two heads. I had to correct the HR C-level, in front of the CIO, that I actually reported into him.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: minendo
When a CFO fucks up dumbass or hey bitch, you know it is time to move on.

:brokenheart:

 

[jjones]

It was probably intentional.

 

[TwiceOver]

Was in a meeting where the owner told everyone in the room that everyone is replaceable except two people (meaning the 2 golden children that had been there 30 years and through a move). These two people were lazy slack offs.

Quit a few weeks later.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: TwiceOver
Was in a meeting where the owner told everyone in the room that everyone is replaceable except two people (meaning the 2 golden children that had been there 30 years and through a move). These two people were lazy slack offs.

Quit a few weeks later.

best thing I've learned over time is that no one's irreplaceable.

we had one guy in our company that I would have used that word to describe... but he quit/got fired over issues with the top dogs and we're getting by just fine without him.

 

[BudAshes]

Originally posted by: HotChic
My favorite was when I won a peer-nominated, C-level selected award that sent me to Hawaii for a week, all expenses paid. One of probably 5 employees from HR that were sent. (I was in HR Operations, semi-technical team.)

The C-level over HR greeted me and my husband while we were there, started chatting. The CIO walked up and waited for us to finish, and the HR C-level introduced us... and introduced me as reporting up into the CIO, who looked at me like I had two heads. I had to correct the HR C-level, in front of the CIO, that I actually reported into him.

life has gotten complicated, hasn't it?

 

[HannibalX]

A nice perk about the last F500 company I worked for was that the CEO knew me personally and we had a good relationship. Sometimes I would go in his office and just yack with him for a few minutes (when he was actually in his office. This poor guy traveled nonstop. Sure they paid him the big bucks but he always looked exhausted and was almost never home with his family).

The CEOs #1 guy in charge HATED this (this guy was the company VP but also personally managed my department). There were three levels of management between me and this guy THANKFULLY. He treated all of us like crap but we didn't have to work with him all that often thankfully. He didn't trust his managers or employees to make decisions so he would just ignore us and give orders. His projects almost always went way over budget, took too long and turned out poorly because he refused to listen to the professionals that worked for him. We used to joke that he might as well hire people off the street because our collective knowledge was pretty much wasted on him.

My position with the company allowed me to interact with the company's executives on almost a daily basis even though I was just a regular employee. I got to know them all (in addition to the CEO who I knew years before I even worked for this company) quite well. They all knew me by name and made a point to stop in the hall or come by my desk to talk/shoot the shit with me. This pissed off #1 guy even more and he came to resent me a little I think. All the other VPs and execs hated this guy. He used to try and boss other folks around who were at his same management level. The best part was the company's head attorney reported directly to the CEO and didn't take orders from anyone. Mr. #1 used to try and boss him around to and was told to "fuck off" more than once by the head attorney.

Right before I left Mr. #1 guy got ?reorged? (AKA demoted) and was placed under another VP who reported to the CEO. The new #1 guy was an extremely bright and friendly gentleman. The old #1 guy could be seen following him around sucking up constantly which we all got a kick out of.

Ahh corporate America, don'cha love it?

 

[shortylickens]

Right now everyone at my job is irreplaceable. Mostly because we arent hiring anybody new, under any circumstances.

When someone gets laid off or quits, we just get work done a little slower.

 

[alkemyst]

you are not so important unfortunately. If you are that would have been enough to bring it to the table.