Can you differentiate between employer and boss?
First place I worked out of college was an awesome company. However after a few years management changed, and I ended up working for an idiot. He screwed a bunch of important things up royally and then tried to blame his staff. I ended up going way over his head - and I actually won that fight (surprisingly), which meant I knew I was dead man walking. I put in for a transfer however the boss I had previously worked for had left the company and convinced me to quit and come work for him. Mistake -but before that, later idiot boss went to be in charge somewhere else and called me trying to recruit me to the new place? I didn't know if he was really that stupid or just thinking he could screw me as payback or something?
Anyway, place number 2 was dysfunctional from top to bottom. My boss was great - why I went - but there was only so much he could do. We were a satellite office so eventually he got removed from the company, and I got a nice package to leave also. They eventually got rid of everyone he hired I am sure out of spite.
Job 3 Its a bit of both. The boss is awesome. But this is also a satellite office except corporate is overseas. The owners are all great people but those running corporate are idiots, hence the relationship between the us and them is always a disaster. Somehow the boss continues to juggle this, but it means were mediocre at best and always fighting problems we cause ourselves. I have however stayed here more than a decade - being private and knowing the owners makes it very stable. Still I think my days might be numbered. Now that my kids are almost done college the need for stability no longer has the allure it once did - so maybe something more challenging in a positive way?
First place I worked out of college was an awesome company. However after a few years management changed, and I ended up working for an idiot. He screwed a bunch of important things up royally and then tried to blame his staff. I ended up going way over his head - and I actually won that fight (surprisingly), which meant I knew I was dead man walking. I put in for a transfer however the boss I had previously worked for had left the company and convinced me to quit and come work for him. Mistake -but before that, later idiot boss went to be in charge somewhere else and called me trying to recruit me to the new place? I didn't know if he was really that stupid or just thinking he could screw me as payback or something?
Anyway, place number 2 was dysfunctional from top to bottom. My boss was great - why I went - but there was only so much he could do. We were a satellite office so eventually he got removed from the company, and I got a nice package to leave also. They eventually got rid of everyone he hired I am sure out of spite.
Job 3 Its a bit of both. The boss is awesome. But this is also a satellite office except corporate is overseas. The owners are all great people but those running corporate are idiots, hence the relationship between the us and them is always a disaster. Somehow the boss continues to juggle this, but it means were mediocre at best and always fighting problems we cause ourselves. I have however stayed here more than a decade - being private and knowing the owners makes it very stable. Still I think my days might be numbered. Now that my kids are almost done college the need for stability no longer has the allure it once did - so maybe something more challenging in a positive way?
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