bigfan wrote:
Honestly, no secrets here, just an exec (Rod Zimmerman) who I suspect and truely don't know leaves people hanging out to dry until the last second.
I worked for a guy like this. He was the worst person I ever met in my life. Nobody even close. After 30 days of him holding my contract I thanked him on a Friday for the past five years, and said I assume by no response to my numerous request for a contract that I was no longer needed.
He told me to sit down and asked if I was giving him 2 weeks? I told him I gave him 30 days. I didn't have a new job, I was just going to deals by myself.
At that time he made me an offer of basically keeping my contract. I laughed at him, saying, that I am walking out the door and you offer me the same thing I had? I could have gotten that by sitting in my office for the next 30 years I suspect.
Best thing was that in this meeting I had "HAND", I called this asswipes bluff and he didnt know what to do. He knew the day I walked out the door I am on the phone taking every client they had. I said pretty much everything I wanted to say, I got my deal + vacation time over and above.
In the end, the only way I got my deal was that I basically "walked" and not many people are willing to do that. I fully understand that and so do most execs. Thus they leave people hanging and wondering.
I think this results in a terrible product for every line of work. People are not willing to do the extras, they detest being in the environment that is making them sick. And I mean physically sick to their stomachs, because some people do get that way when their job is hanging in limbo.
i like your morality. i even get this experience in the union trades. my mom is going through it right now in the non-union sector. i keep telling her to just politely quit. just say "i enjoy working here, everyone is great, but i do not make what i think i should be making. thank you for all the years, but youll need to find a replacement for me by next month."
shes too scared to do it though. she worked her way up to branch manager and she doesnt want to risk losing it... but i try to tell her that her skills are why she has that position, and they wont let her go without offering a substantial increase. theres just no other real way to get things out of companies thee days, everyone- including them- are pinching every penny, thats why we cant just sit back and wait for companies to give raises like we used to.