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Apr. 28th, 2012 07:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bare_bearSo, I got canned from work yesterday.
Yeah, it sucks. I'm embarrassed, to be honest. They gave me the tried-n-true excuse of "personality conflicts" which they've used when letting people go in the past. Apparently I didn't "fit" in the office.
I think it's more that I didn't "fit" with the bosses darling. They could've done this last week at my 6 month review (actually done after 7 months) if there really was an issue. But they did it yesterday. The only thing that happened in that time frame is that I gave a poor performance review of our "Safety Person" (who is, imho and the humble opinion of the majority of the office and field staff, the biggest waste of flesh in the office). Everyone who has done so has been repremanded. So much for confidentiality.
I thought it was just me and the junior staff who had issues with her. But I've heard since that several of the PMs are sick of her, and our receptionist actually quit yesterday because of this woman. And was sort of driven to it by the Bosses.
Hmm, sounds fishy to me.
To be honest, I'm glad to be out of there. I never felt comfortable in that office, and I've been considering leaving for a while now. Maybe that came across in my attitude, and that's what they mean by "personality conflicts". But I really don't think that's it. One thing though, I learned that they definitely didn't deserve the guilt I was feeling about leaving. I was even considering putting it off until well past the fall so that they were clear the busy summer season.
I was really proud of how I handled it, though. When they told me, I just accepted it and kept my head high. Signed whatever I needed to sign, finished off my field notes from my jobs the previous day, and left. Did not shed one tear. Which is really telling because I cry at the drop of a hat over everything. I've been told since that everyone was impressed with my demenour. I decided on the spot that I was going to leave with grace, and it even allowed me to calmly joke with Obnoxious Boss.
I'm looking forward to following the gossip there, because while I don't expect anyone to do anything stupid with me leaving, everyone that I've talked to is baffled by this and are starting to suspect the same thing I am about the Bosses Darling. I know the field techs have been as frustrated as I've been, and I already know of 2 who were looking into other options before they canned me. Not that I want people quitting over what happened to me, but this proves that you never can tell what the Bosses are going to do, and people should be on their guard. I mean, my friend really thought SHE was going to get canned yesterday when she was called to the carpet on her poor review of Bosses Darling. It should be interesting to follow in the next few weeks.
Anywho, I've babbled enough about this. Time to go make a cup of coffee and work on a sewing project I need to finish this weekend. I'm taking the weekend off to relax, and will start working out what I'm going to do on Monday. :)
Yeah, it sucks. I'm embarrassed, to be honest. They gave me the tried-n-true excuse of "personality conflicts" which they've used when letting people go in the past. Apparently I didn't "fit" in the office.
I think it's more that I didn't "fit" with the bosses darling. They could've done this last week at my 6 month review (actually done after 7 months) if there really was an issue. But they did it yesterday. The only thing that happened in that time frame is that I gave a poor performance review of our "Safety Person" (who is, imho and the humble opinion of the majority of the office and field staff, the biggest waste of flesh in the office). Everyone who has done so has been repremanded. So much for confidentiality.
I thought it was just me and the junior staff who had issues with her. But I've heard since that several of the PMs are sick of her, and our receptionist actually quit yesterday because of this woman. And was sort of driven to it by the Bosses.
Hmm, sounds fishy to me.
To be honest, I'm glad to be out of there. I never felt comfortable in that office, and I've been considering leaving for a while now. Maybe that came across in my attitude, and that's what they mean by "personality conflicts". But I really don't think that's it. One thing though, I learned that they definitely didn't deserve the guilt I was feeling about leaving. I was even considering putting it off until well past the fall so that they were clear the busy summer season.
I was really proud of how I handled it, though. When they told me, I just accepted it and kept my head high. Signed whatever I needed to sign, finished off my field notes from my jobs the previous day, and left. Did not shed one tear. Which is really telling because I cry at the drop of a hat over everything. I've been told since that everyone was impressed with my demenour. I decided on the spot that I was going to leave with grace, and it even allowed me to calmly joke with Obnoxious Boss.
I'm looking forward to following the gossip there, because while I don't expect anyone to do anything stupid with me leaving, everyone that I've talked to is baffled by this and are starting to suspect the same thing I am about the Bosses Darling. I know the field techs have been as frustrated as I've been, and I already know of 2 who were looking into other options before they canned me. Not that I want people quitting over what happened to me, but this proves that you never can tell what the Bosses are going to do, and people should be on their guard. I mean, my friend really thought SHE was going to get canned yesterday when she was called to the carpet on her poor review of Bosses Darling. It should be interesting to follow in the next few weeks.
Anywho, I've babbled enough about this. Time to go make a cup of coffee and work on a sewing project I need to finish this weekend. I'm taking the weekend off to relax, and will start working out what I'm going to do on Monday. :)
