Thursday, February 24, 2011

My Boss

I didn't know the guy who hired me prior to getting this job.  He's younger than me and less experienced and I have to give him credit for hiring me as a lot (I mean A LOT) of people wouldn't or won't hire someone who might be able to do their own job better than they can because they're insecure.  He seems like a nice hardworking guy and when he hired me, he told me he wanted me to act like I was the owner of the product I was selling, which was great with me since I work best with little supervision.  I had great success in selling the business plan for the product and was really happy with this job.  When the company announced they were "suspending" sales to outside companies, my boss got hold of me before the announcement to let me know and said he wasn't sure what this meant for my position or the product.  All of which was professional and very courteous on his part.  However, that's where the professionalism ended.  A week after the announcement, I went to him and asked where we were and his answer was I don't know.  Right after Christmas he asked me to send him a copy of my resume and refused to tell me why.  In January, I knew his boss was in town and I asked him when we were going to get some clarity and he promised to have something for me by the end of the week.  Nothing, no communication, nothing.  Saw him in the building lobby last week and he said Hi, what's up with you?  Now it was just in passing, but he knows I'm just sitting here doing nothing!  He's a smart guy and has done well for himself, but he's a lousy manager and really really poor at communication (one of those guys who won't stop looking at their phone when you're talking to them in a meeting and never has any time to talk).  But, I'm still getting paid and up to 420 Twitter feeds that I'm following.

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