Well, it turns out I wasn't the only one. Rose, the department admin, was about an hour after me.
Today is her boss's last day, but he's known that for months.
Mind you, he was Sr. VP of Marketing before this all started back in March or so.
Then down to Director. Then his direct reports went away two and three at a time. Then his "end of August" termination date turned into August 1st just about a week ago. But he has known the whole time.
That's the difference. Wednesday the department gave him a cake and sendoff. He's a baseball nut, so we got him a baseball that we all signed. You get crap like that when you're senior management.
The peons? Nope. Just the swift boot. Get the hell out. That's why workers don't give their all to companies like they used to. Loyalty is dead, because, like trust, it has to work both ways.
But I'm a better man than to be bitter and vengeful about it. Corporate leaders just behave that way. They're shallow, empty people. Expecting them to behave differently is just setting yourself up for disappointment.
The difference is, I can see this as the opportunity I've been afraid to take. Mind you, I'd feel better if I knew just what it was an opportunity to do...
Posted by fictionman at July 30, 2004 01:49 PM | TrackBack (0)