Okay so...I'm torn.
I have a need to vent for a moment...so feel free to ride with me to
As we've discussed on the podcast...and as I ranted a little over a year ago...my former employer called me one day and told me that they did not believe that my services were necessary and that I was no longer the right person for the job. I was the General Manager overseeing a little over 560 seats of call center employees, 5 accounts and $40M in revenues.
Less than a month before that proclamation, I received a 10% increase and congratulations from the CEO for beating my 2006 strategic targets.
The news was crushing. I was shocked and in disbelief for over a month. When I did manage to get over myself and I started actually looking for new employment, the job here in
However, I have had nagging doubts in my head about my judgement and management ability given the situation in
My former co-workers have passed along little tidbits over the last year that helped bring focus to the situation that lead to my dismissal and have lead to some real issues with my former employer:
1. I was dismissed because I had submitted a plan of action that the COO had believed was 'defeatest' as it laid out an exit strategy for one of our clients to relocate their services to another facility. This client did not like my facility and had asked for them to be moved.
- After I was let go, my boss and his boss were also let go for supporting the same strategy.
- The strategy was implemented within 90 days of my departure.
2. The CEO, CFO and COO were dismissed within 90 days of my departure.
3. The company filed Ch11 Bankruptcy in January closing 2 facilities they had just opened in 2006.
4. This week the company will announce that the center I managed for 4 years will be closing in 60 days. Apparently, they had not been able to achieve the same level of performance that we achieved in 2006 after installing 2 different center directors to replace me.
There is something about this situation that allows me to breathe easier, I feel like I’ve been vindicated, however, on the other hand…half of these people will probably lose their job, people that I hired and developed.
This is not to say that I didn’t learn anything from all of this…I allowed my ego to get a wee bit too big, I forgot that the politics of a strategy is almost as important as the actual strategy and I’ve been fortunate to find myself in a better job in a better company.
In a year, I’ve been given a completely new life. I am honored by the luck that I have been granted. Now I feel better...and we can resume our normal brand of silliness.
I’m also now just a little bit smug in knowing…I was right…nah nah boo boo (but that isn't the moral of the story)
4 comments:
Rodan,
I knew you were smart and savy the first time I heard you. You are an amazing man with class, talent, and a killer smile. I am glad to know that you feel like you have been proven right. It's sad indeed that so many lost their jobs because the management did not listen to your plan of action.
You're a great man!
Your Nashville Friend,
Thom
All things happen for a reason, and doubting yourself will never lead to anything other than self-doubt.
You should feel very proud of your accomplishments and know that the people you brought in and trained are most likely better prepared to find a better job now, than they would have been had they been trained by someone else.
Viva La' Rodan!!!
I think we all go through crises of confidence from time to time.
It's not even close to the same, but I was "fired" from a temp job the night after the Senior VP asked me to take a full-time slot in her division. I pondered and fretted the loss of that job (it led to me completely rethinking my life and direction in NYC since the job loss resulted in me taking a waiting job in a chain restaurant...talk about sinking low) and ultimately moved in a completely different direction in my life.
Three years later, I received closure from my supervisor there. I ran into her on the subway and she said, to this day, she doesn't know what happened but it involved a psycho HR director who let me go and who proceeded to warpath her way through eliminating some of the best employees in that company. I was suddenly vindicated AND glad I didn't get the opportunity for that full-time job.
In a situation where you were unfairly dismissed, it's always nice to get confirmation that no, it wasn't you, it was THEM.
And a year on you're in a better position and a better company. All in all, you came out on top, so good for you.
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