Volpone
Zombie Hunter
I have reservations about blogging on a board with "Troll" in the name, but there's nothing for it. This is too private for Facebook but too good to sit in a Word file that will never be read.
Until March 2016, I worked for Company A. My main client was Company B, but I also did some side projects. For various reasons, Company B decided they'd be using Company R for the work I did. My boss gave me the go-ahead to interview with Company R while he tried to figure out a way to keep me. I had some serious reservations about Company B. I'd worked there long enough to see how fucked up they were and part of the reason for the change of contractors was that they were merging with another company. I had about a half dozen warning signs that things were going to suck.
But Company R offered me about a 30% raise and my boss fucked around and didn't get back to me by the time I needed to make a decision, so I jumped ship onto the Titanic. Six days later my boss said he could match whatever Company R was offering and I explained that I really wish he'd said that 6 days ago.
Well, it sucked at least as bad as I imagined it and I was looking for a way out. Problem was, Company A's offices are impossible to get to at rush hour from my house and my old boss had been lukewarm about me telecommuting--even though I fucking know he's got people who do it. One day a coworker from Company A asks me if I want to get together for lunch and wants to do it on a day when Old Boss can also come. Meanwhile, another coworker has been telling me he's swamped since I left--to the point that he's looking to leave. As it would happen, the guy I report to at Company B decided to have a staff meeting right when I was going to be at lunch with my old boss--this was about 45 minutes before lunch on the same day. Told him I had other plans and discreetly cleaned out my desk in case I got a job offer to come back to Company A.
Long story short, nothing came of the lunch, but eventually Company B got so fucking toxic I put in my resignation without anything lined up. I kind of wanted to move anyway and I just wasn't finding time to job hunt with my dog and my existing job and such things. Left a week ago.
So yesterday I got a voicemail from one of our clients when I was with Company A (that I haven't worked for since March), asking if I was his point of contact for X and mentioning his e-mail to me had bounced. While I was trying to find my old boss' contact info the voicemail timed out and I was like "Oh well. Not my problem.--'I'm not going to kill you. But I don't have to save you.'"
Well today I get a text--something along the lines of "Hey, I missed saying goodbye to you. Can you get me your password so one of the other people can use your account?" I'm assuming this was my toxic nominal boss at Company B, given his complete inability to plan anything or get anything administrative done in a timely manner. I mean, I don't know, because they didn't do any of the things non-psychopaths do like say "Hi, this is Matt...". Sorry dude. Should have thought of that a week ago. I'm not going to kill you, but I don't have to save you either. ...
Until March 2016, I worked for Company A. My main client was Company B, but I also did some side projects. For various reasons, Company B decided they'd be using Company R for the work I did. My boss gave me the go-ahead to interview with Company R while he tried to figure out a way to keep me. I had some serious reservations about Company B. I'd worked there long enough to see how fucked up they were and part of the reason for the change of contractors was that they were merging with another company. I had about a half dozen warning signs that things were going to suck.
But Company R offered me about a 30% raise and my boss fucked around and didn't get back to me by the time I needed to make a decision, so I jumped ship onto the Titanic. Six days later my boss said he could match whatever Company R was offering and I explained that I really wish he'd said that 6 days ago.
Well, it sucked at least as bad as I imagined it and I was looking for a way out. Problem was, Company A's offices are impossible to get to at rush hour from my house and my old boss had been lukewarm about me telecommuting--even though I fucking know he's got people who do it. One day a coworker from Company A asks me if I want to get together for lunch and wants to do it on a day when Old Boss can also come. Meanwhile, another coworker has been telling me he's swamped since I left--to the point that he's looking to leave. As it would happen, the guy I report to at Company B decided to have a staff meeting right when I was going to be at lunch with my old boss--this was about 45 minutes before lunch on the same day. Told him I had other plans and discreetly cleaned out my desk in case I got a job offer to come back to Company A.
Long story short, nothing came of the lunch, but eventually Company B got so fucking toxic I put in my resignation without anything lined up. I kind of wanted to move anyway and I just wasn't finding time to job hunt with my dog and my existing job and such things. Left a week ago.
So yesterday I got a voicemail from one of our clients when I was with Company A (that I haven't worked for since March), asking if I was his point of contact for X and mentioning his e-mail to me had bounced. While I was trying to find my old boss' contact info the voicemail timed out and I was like "Oh well. Not my problem.--'I'm not going to kill you. But I don't have to save you.'"
Well today I get a text--something along the lines of "Hey, I missed saying goodbye to you. Can you get me your password so one of the other people can use your account?" I'm assuming this was my toxic nominal boss at Company B, given his complete inability to plan anything or get anything administrative done in a timely manner. I mean, I don't know, because they didn't do any of the things non-psychopaths do like say "Hi, this is Matt...". Sorry dude. Should have thought of that a week ago. I'm not going to kill you, but I don't have to save you either. ...
