mrwrong 0 #1 May 12, 2008 Sitting at work feeling bored right now. Can’t help of thinking about 3 years back in time. I had just come to the conclusion that a career shift was the right thing to do. A former colleague called me and asked if I was interested in joining the company he was working for as a service manager. When he explained what my ‘new’ job would be about it wasn’t a very hard decision and I basically decided to resign from my position. So I signed my new contract (since I also was guaranteed a HUGE raise) after meeting my new colleagues. A couple of days later (on a Friday) I was back in the office and met with my manager (who was a complete idiot, did screw any employee if he could make a buck or two on it). I went into his office and close the door behind me, and asked him if he had 5 minutes to spare since I needed to speak to him. He said sure but looked a little puzzled though. I told him that I had good and bad news for him and asked what he wanted to hear first. Of course he wanted the bad news first, so I told him that from this day resigned from my position at the company – he just looked at me without saying anything for about a minute or two (I know from office gossip later on that I gave him a huge shock). When he ‘came to’ again he wanted to hear the good news, I was trying to hide my BIG smile as hard as I possibly could, so I told him that I was offered a job at the main competitor. It was now his ‘save what you can’ mode kicked in and he offered me a significant raise if I decided to stay…. Now I just couldn’t hide my smile anymore and I just had to tell him off, ‘If you wasn’t able to give me a decent pay during the 3 years I have been working like a slave for the company then what makes you think I’d accept a raise and stay?’…. By now he was turning ash-gray in the face just looking at me with an open mouth…. I told him that I was going to print out my letter of notice and give it to him later during the day. This Friday continued as the most Fridays normally does and the clock hit 4:30 and I went home to spend the weekend at the DZ. When I returned to the office at the next Monday my manager practically met me in the door, he told me that the company lawyers have decided that I was relieved of working from now on until I joined the other company and I would receive full pay during this period. That turned out to be the best summer in my life (so far) when I was paid to skydive (so to speake). It’s a nice event to think about when you are feeling bored at work… Maybe it’s time for another career shift???? “The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.” - George Bernard Shaw He who dies with the most toys, wins..... dudeist skydiver # 19515 Buy quality and cry once! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #2 May 12, 2008 Well done! Well done!! "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billeisele 130 #3 May 13, 2008 don't you hate that when they all of a sudden realize that your talents are worth more than what they have been paying you? a great response would be, "well if I'm worth that much today then I was worth that much yesterday, why don't you give me that pay retro for the last xx years, consider it a "retention bonus" and then I'll consider your offer"Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrwrong 0 #4 May 13, 2008 Exactly…. Well I know I might have sold myself kind of short from the beginning but with an asshole as boss then that would never change after the first negotiation. But when the ‘rats’ are beginning to abandon ship then it’s apparently easy to make changes. However I know he would never have given me the same pay as my current employer did so it was never an alternative to even listen to his offer. And on that job I was working a LOT of overtime, between 7-800 hrs / year during the 3 years I was working for them. Now days it’s very rare to work any overtime at all, and when I do I’m encouraged to take the time off as soon as possible to even it out. “The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.” - George Bernard Shaw He who dies with the most toys, wins..... dudeist skydiver # 19515 Buy quality and cry once! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
