- Mar 7, 2005
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I doubt anyone will remember, but I posted a couple months ago about my new boss being a dick and ruining a small, laid back, but very profitable office that I've worked in for years. He's turned the place into a factory, installed his own tattletales, and made people all but punch clocks for him, while pissing off clients who wont do business with us anymore. I took ATOTs advice and put my resume out there. Result was a 40% raise and a bump up to a middle management position, albeit at a huge company (which scares me, I'm not the corporate type).
Anyway, I gave my notice this week to my boss. He's been here 9 months, and is a powermongering control freak who looks out for #1 at all times. He actually took it pretty well, though his comment was "I'm disappointed, because i thought if you were gonna do this, you would have done it months ago" - a/k/a he expected that when I didn't quit immediately, I had accepted the program of licking his boots and singing his praises. He is pissed that I didnt pick one of his prescribed options.
He asked me to work my notice out (fine, I expected to), and in return, I asked him if I could speak one on one with a couple of the other manager types that I have been through good and bad times with (we're friends - long story, but about 3 of us held the company together when a bunch bolted to start their own shop). He said okay, but while I was in with one of them, my boss ran around the office interrogating everyone, pissed that anyone might have known I was leaving before him (2 or 3 did, and he's gonna flip when they leave too, they have resumes out cause he's such a douchebag).
Then, today, he sent out invites to the staff (we only have about 13 people total) to go on a walk through Monday of our new office about three miles from here. Before I decided to leave, I was looking forward to the move, because I was going to be getting a very posh window office with a supreme view of the skyline (office is just outside downtown proper). But, he didn't invite one person - me. Although I wouldn't have minded seeing the building, I know he did it as a petty jab at me - leaving me in the office alone. Several of my coworkers have already come by my office and commented that they think he's being a big baby about everything.
We have a planning meeting scheduled for first thing Monday morning, before the tour. These meetings happen once a month, last for several hours, and require everyone to come in to the office an hour and a half early. Guess who he expects to be there, even though its my last week?
I'm just flabbergasted that a guy that cheesy can advance up the ladder that far - he probably pulls down $200k in total comp (mostly base) in a geogrpahic area where most professionals make less than half that.
I'm sure ATOT can trump this guy though. What have your bosses done when you gave them the news?
Anyway, I gave my notice this week to my boss. He's been here 9 months, and is a powermongering control freak who looks out for #1 at all times. He actually took it pretty well, though his comment was "I'm disappointed, because i thought if you were gonna do this, you would have done it months ago" - a/k/a he expected that when I didn't quit immediately, I had accepted the program of licking his boots and singing his praises. He is pissed that I didnt pick one of his prescribed options.
He asked me to work my notice out (fine, I expected to), and in return, I asked him if I could speak one on one with a couple of the other manager types that I have been through good and bad times with (we're friends - long story, but about 3 of us held the company together when a bunch bolted to start their own shop). He said okay, but while I was in with one of them, my boss ran around the office interrogating everyone, pissed that anyone might have known I was leaving before him (2 or 3 did, and he's gonna flip when they leave too, they have resumes out cause he's such a douchebag).
Then, today, he sent out invites to the staff (we only have about 13 people total) to go on a walk through Monday of our new office about three miles from here. Before I decided to leave, I was looking forward to the move, because I was going to be getting a very posh window office with a supreme view of the skyline (office is just outside downtown proper). But, he didn't invite one person - me. Although I wouldn't have minded seeing the building, I know he did it as a petty jab at me - leaving me in the office alone. Several of my coworkers have already come by my office and commented that they think he's being a big baby about everything.
We have a planning meeting scheduled for first thing Monday morning, before the tour. These meetings happen once a month, last for several hours, and require everyone to come in to the office an hour and a half early. Guess who he expects to be there, even though its my last week?
I'm just flabbergasted that a guy that cheesy can advance up the ladder that far - he probably pulls down $200k in total comp (mostly base) in a geogrpahic area where most professionals make less than half that.
I'm sure ATOT can trump this guy though. What have your bosses done when you gave them the news?