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re: Should I email my old boss?
Posted on 4/11/14 at 12:14 pm to Austin Cajun
Posted on 4/11/14 at 12:14 pm to Austin Cajun
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The problem here was linux, nobody wants to mess with that.
Yeah, let them drown with windows.
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Posted on 4/11/14 at 12:16 pm to Austin Cajun
Posted on 4/11/14 at 1:17 pm to Austin Cajun
He was a sales person, I'm an engineer. Very different personalities.
this is one of the most under rated truths of our day, I hate the "always be Closing" shite.
this is one of the most under rated truths of our day, I hate the "always be Closing" shite.
Posted on 4/11/14 at 1:19 pm to Kcrad
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Take a minute out of your busy day and give it a read
Don't care if he reads but I have been in a similar situation. Someone mentioned that corporations don't let go of assets and I agree that most of the successful ones do not. But sometimes, corporations unknowingly fall victim to very bad decision making resulting from politics. People often get promoted to positions because they are "in the club" and aside from not being the best guy for the job.....they start ridding their department of perceived threats to their newly awarded position. My case in point is that I was the leading sales rep for 4 years running at my company and was being endorsed by the GM to fill the vacant position of VP Sales. The absentee CEO, who showed his face in the office twice a year, and thought the sales department was just a necessary evil, vetoed my GMs endorsement and promoted a guy from Charlotte NC production to come to ATLANTA to be our sales VP. Coincidentally, this guy was hired by the CEO 15 years prior and had been moving up in the production department those years but was stuck in a production district manager position. Never mind the guy who had been in sales for 13 years for the company, built the companies largest Atlanta accounts, understood our market, knew our customer base, understood our competitors and was endorsed by the current Atlanta GM. Forget that guy. Fill the position with a guy who never worked in sales, from another market, whose winning ticket was that he was "in the club" of a production oriented company whose production oriented executives detested sales reps. And the VP of sales before him was a guy who had come from production that lasted a year before being demoted back to a production management position at the plant level. And that only because the over seas BOD questioned his knowledge and qualifications to over see an area in which he appeared to have little expertise. Guy couldn't BS his way past them in quarterly presentations.
I went from having the endorsement of the GM and support and pre-mature congratulations of people in every department to being stone walled. CEOs guy gets the job and the new VP almost immediately was set against me as he either saw me as a rival or a threat. I was let go 10 weeks after he started the job. The only thing he could make up was "I wasn't, performing my job duty." Said customers were calling him all the time saying they didn't know me. That was it...he wouldn't elaborate any further. Total made up BS. He apparently already had my seat filled by a guy from Charlotte who he had been buddies with for years because my replacement was doing HR paperwork the morning after I was let go. Thirteen years of loyalty to that brand down the drain due to crony politics.
Just saying, it does happen in ways that seem neither smart or logical at times due to things other than just sound business decisions.
Posted on 4/11/14 at 1:23 pm to Austin Cajun
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Long story short
false
Posted on 4/11/14 at 1:33 pm to lsu480
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Well I know that most people, and corporations, do what is best for themselves and if you were an asset the logical thing would have been to keep you.
Not even remotely true. People and corporations do what they perceive to be in their best interest. But perceptions are not the same as reality. Businesses and people are both often exposed to this, and many rarely learn.
And to the OP, don't be a dick and just move on with your life.
Posted on 4/11/14 at 1:35 pm to Austin Cajun
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TLDR, my old boss is a douche and everyone is laughing at him. Should I make contact to gloat?
Nothing to be gained by it. Leave it alone.
Posted on 4/11/14 at 1:45 pm to AUin02
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Not even remotely true. People and corporations do what they perceive to be in their best interest. But perceptions are not the same as reality. Businesses and people are both often exposed to this, and many rarely learn.
What I said was true and what you said was also true, besides your first sentence. Obviously nobody has a crystal ball and can always be perfect but I know that most people and companies make decisions based on what is best for them, correct or not.
Posted on 4/11/14 at 1:47 pm to Godfather1
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Nothing to be gained by it. Leave it alone
There is nothing to be gained by gloating but he could gain a lot if he landed a consulting job with them. He needs to write an email explaining his value and offer his services. It would be stupid not to.
Posted on 4/11/14 at 1:56 pm to Austin Cajun
You could back channel an offer to consult for a fair fee with a nice payout to successfully complete projects like the conversion you referenced. If the back channel inquiry comes up dead..move on.
Posted on 4/11/14 at 1:59 pm to Austin Cajun
You sound like a little bitch and a pain in the arse. You got laid off for good reason.
Posted on 4/11/14 at 2:24 pm to Austin Cajun
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Austin Cajun
And I'm assuming you were the perfect employee with a halo and all? Two sides to every story.
Posted on 4/11/14 at 2:45 pm to Austin Cajun
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Long story short
Fail
Posted on 4/11/14 at 2:50 pm to jdd48
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Nope. Never burn business bridges, even if you think you'll never need them again or left on somewhat bad terms.
This. Don't act on emotion. Do what will serve you in the long term.
Your hair-brained taunting plan will not.
This post was edited on 4/11/14 at 2:51 pm
Posted on 4/11/14 at 2:54 pm to Tommy Patel
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I hate the "always be Closing" shite.
I drive an $80,000 BMW. You drive a hyundai.
Posted on 4/11/14 at 3:02 pm to Austin Cajun
Sounds like we aren't getting the full story here.
Posted on 4/11/14 at 3:51 pm to Austin Cajun
Answer... He could be your next boss. I've seen it happen.
Never burn your bridges unless you are prepared for the possibility of getting caught in the fire.
Never burn your bridges unless you are prepared for the possibility of getting caught in the fire.
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