I met my former boss (B) for lunch today.
I can't remember/find how much of this I posted, so I am including a quick synopsis for background.
October 2019: My beloved boss that hired me in May 2017 (R), took me to lunch and told me he was resigning. Changes were happening and he didn't like the writing on the wall. He couldn't in good conscience continue to stay in a management position when he disagreed with the corporate direction.
Three members of the team posted for his job and B got it. R left December 31, 2019. I was conflicted and that's when I began casually looking around at jobs. But I liked B, thought she would do a good job, and wanted to support her. I stayed, the pandemic happened, and that accelerated the rapid decline into dumpster fire-dom that was my last company/job.
At some point B was moved into a job where she had no experience and was given no support. I was the only member of the team that stayed on her new team. Enter our 4th CEO in 2 years. He began ousting the existing executive team and bringing in buddies he'd worked with before. At the beginning of April the IT department got a new CIO (chief information officer). Seven or eight weeks ago B told me that CIO was bringing in a buddy to take her job and she was being moved somewhere else. I took vacation, got my current job, and my first meeting with my "new" boss at the old company was also my last as I sent in my resignation letter 30 minutes later.
As for finding a new role for B? Well, that ultimately turned out to be BS - the Friday I was up in Syracuse she let me know that her position had been "eliminated". Well, never mind it was given to someone else (with a slightly different title) and the job she had actually been doing was not eliminated - they just wanted to get rid of her the way they had so many VPs & up from the "old regime". She had been with the company over 16 years and was both blindsided and devastated.
Today we met for lunch - 10 or 11 days after the fact. She's still pretty upset but given the tremendous stress she had been under - a new job where she had no clue and no support - I think she is beginning to feel better about things. She is looking, although she's not 100% sure what she wants to do at this point.
In any case, it was good to see her.
Mr husband had an appointment with a counselor today. I think that went well and will be helpful. He is considering switching careers (again). I'm all for what makes him happy.
Weight is a hot mess. Eating is better - most of the time.
Baby steps.
3 comments:
I'm so glad that you were able to meet with B. I am sure it helped for her to have someone to talk to that knows EXACTLY what happened and that she is dealing with. Sometimes it is hard to discuss stuff with others that are clueless about what the job really entailed.
Good luck to her! And to your hubby as well.
I do not recall the background about your hubby. Mine was a student for 7 years till he finally stumbled into what he wanted to be when he grew up. I still do not know. All I know is I want to afford my bills LOL
What happened to B is simply terrible. Shoddy treatment after 16 years. I could not imagine. At least you could be there for her. I hope your husband session with the counselor goes well. It is important to be happy with you job since we spend more time there than anywhere else. Me weight loss is a mess too. I just cannot seem to get going.
Paula C
I was laid off suddenly last year after 11 years with my company. I started the work day like normal, then got a phone call that it was my last day, and oh by the way, I had no health insurance as of 5 PM that day. I had to cancel a doctor's appointment I had already made because I didn't have insurance anymore. I think a lot of companies used the pandemic as an excuse to be insufferably horrible to good employees. No surprise that my position was filled with a buddy of the president. I understand her feeling blindsided. I hope she adjusts well in her new role and kicks butt and forgets all about the jerk at the old job.
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