This week has been so crazy. My boss scared me last Monday when he said he wanted to talk to me. I was working from home that day and offered to call him, but he insisted that I need to come see him in his office first thing in the morning. All I could think was, "oh crap, what did I do now?". I had a really mediocre review and my mid year check in prior to that had been pretty bad. I have been waiting to see if he was going to lay me off.
Tuesday morning, I get off the bus and hustle over to his office as fast as I can. In a 5 minute span he gives me a promo, hands me a slip of paper that reflects my new payrate and runs out the door to a training. I'm in shock and manage a feeble thank you. My company started layoffs about a year and I've just been waiting for the other shoe to drop with him. I had been prepping for a month to ask him if I was up for a promotion, was expecting him to say no and then turning in my two-weeks notice shortly after.
Turns out that the pay raise went into effect a couple weeks ago and I already got a paycheck at my new payrate and didn't even notice. Go fig. It's a good thing, but I am still in a state of shock.
My boss doesn't hate me
February 8th, 2010 at 03:43 am
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February 8th, 2010 at 06:54 am 1265612048
can i ask why you would leave straight after being turned down for a promotion?
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February 9th, 2010 at 08:34 am 1265704473
Overall it's a good company to work for, but SUPER competative, built primarily on type-A personalities (myself included). I often joke that working at my company is like dog years. One year here is like 7 years anywhere else
June 25th, 2010 at 11:09 am 1277464165
Jerry