< s i g h > We have waaay too much in common. Man... As Prez Clinton would say, "I feel your pain"...except I actually do. My father had the skill—trick?—of making doing it his own way look like compliance. I wish I had the same.
I’m afraid you come from a long line of “besting the best”. Your grandfather was “the fastest driller” in 4 state area. Now although not in a record book anywhere, I imagine he was and knew it! I took a little podunk title company with 18% of the business and set up branches, trained people, brought us to number 2 spot in 3 years, then they looked for ways to get rid of me and I finally quit. Why? Why? Because according to Kansas talk ‘she’s too big for her britches”. What I think you are learning is a job is just that. Unless you own the company, or daddy does, it’s just a job, you are expendable, you can be replaced and will be if you stick up above the rest for very long. Anyway, I always admired two old ladies that took the deeds and records from the court house and wrote them into our land books. Every day, never a mistake made, proud of their work, they left at 5 and had a life! The smartest people do that!
You’ve also motivated me to continue my goal of getting fired for bringing to light what a prick the guy I work for is . My goal? I just once in my life want to say, “You can’t fire me! I quit!!!
< s i g h > We have waaay too much in common. Man... As Prez Clinton would say, "I feel your pain"...except I actually do. My father had the skill—trick?—of making doing it his own way look like compliance. I wish I had the same.
I’m afraid you come from a long line of “besting the best”. Your grandfather was “the fastest driller” in 4 state area. Now although not in a record book anywhere, I imagine he was and knew it! I took a little podunk title company with 18% of the business and set up branches, trained people, brought us to number 2 spot in 3 years, then they looked for ways to get rid of me and I finally quit. Why? Why? Because according to Kansas talk ‘she’s too big for her britches”. What I think you are learning is a job is just that. Unless you own the company, or daddy does, it’s just a job, you are expendable, you can be replaced and will be if you stick up above the rest for very long. Anyway, I always admired two old ladies that took the deeds and records from the court house and wrote them into our land books. Every day, never a mistake made, proud of their work, they left at 5 and had a life! The smartest people do that!
You’ve also motivated me to continue my goal of getting fired for bringing to light what a prick the guy I work for is . My goal? I just once in my life want to say, “You can’t fire me! I quit!!!
What a great article! Did you give your boss a a copy? Huh? Wait. What?