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Reply #30 - 09/16/20 at 19:12:00

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/16/20 at 19:01:43:

All good news. I've been pissed about the whole thing till now. I hope your relationship with the contractor insulates you from being disposable.

Actually good news there too. My company is 51% owned by the federal government and because of prevailing political climate in Congress the company has had to reduce its reliance on contractors and cut offshore projects completely to qualify for bailout money. This time last year we were 50/50 employees to contractors. Now it's 90% employees. Contractors were either cut or hired. Maybe my new contractor buddy will be my new coworker if this keeps up.

I did laugh out loud upon hearing the news about the offshore projects. No congressional money can go towards that anymore. About time that crap got choked off. We'll be fixing the badly coded products from them forever otherwise. Like throwing money in the toilet. Someone out there in politics is making sense.

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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2681 WTF is JOG?	Re: Training your replacement. Any advice? Reply #31 - 09/17/20 at 09:47:23 That's great news, not for your ahole x-boss, but good for you! Sometimes karma works out and doing the right thing pays off.
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Reply #32 - 09/17/20 at 15:30:48

ohiomoto wrote on 09/17/20 at 09:47:23:

That's great news, not for your ahole x-boss, but good for you!

Sometimes karma works out and doing the right thing pays off.

Yes. i agree with you and the others that provided similar wisdom.
At 1st I felt resentful towards the guy. My small side whispered naughty ideas to me but my large side won out and I treated dude like part of the team. In today's meeting with him and his bosses we outlined new strategies for moving forward with the loss of my boss and then he spoke up in support of a change I proposed a few months back. So he's on my side now. Nice to have an ally.

As for the former boss he called me on my personal number last night bitching and whining about his dismissal. I tried to be white about it and listened for quite some while. But in closing the conversation I reminded him about the time he hounded me day and night after my dad passed. Just to let him know my sympathy wasn't there. It's tough luck for him. It coulda been me and for awhile I was convinced it would be me. I've got a crapload of new grey hairs from it.
He should've been a better boss. If he spent more time actually being a boss than he spent trying to get potential new vendors to wine and dine him it could have been a different story.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Training your replacement. Any advice? Reply #33 - 09/17/20 at 21:59:31 I reminded him about the time he hounded me day and night after my dad passed. I probably would have let him whine a while and dropped that on him..too. Happy for you..
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Reply #34 - 09/18/20 at 05:38:07

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/17/20 at 21:59:31:

I reminded him about the time he hounded me day and night after my dad passed.

I probably would have let him whine a while and dropped that on him..too.
Happy for you..

Had to work late last night. I got tasked with changing all our system passwords so former boss wouldn't be able to access any cloud systems anymore. It was a late night task that I didn't mind having to do for once. Something therapeutic about it.

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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1380 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Re: Training your replacement. Any advice? Reply #35 - 09/20/20 at 11:40:04 The guy you are training may have been tasked to evaluate you for a promotion. Karma! Cheers!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Training your replacement. Any advice? Reply #36 - 09/20/20 at 12:49:16 zipidachimp wrote on 09/20/20 at 11:40:04: The guy you are training may have been tasked to evaluate you for a promotion. Karma! Cheers! B. I. N. G. O. B.I. N. G. O.
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philthymike Serious Thumper Offline Wallowing in my own crapulence Posts: 1413 Philadelphia Area Gender:	Re: Training your replacement. Any advice? Reply #37 - 09/21/20 at 17:25:22 I'm now asked for technical oversight on the contractors projects. In fact I'm now being included in lots of architectural type crap and being asked for my recommendations. Certainly nice to have a voice!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Training your replacement. Any advice? Reply #38 - 09/22/20 at 03:57:26 It's good to still have your head..
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philthymike Serious Thumper Offline Wallowing in my own crapulence Posts: 1413 Philadelphia Area Gender:	Re: Training your replacement. Any advice? Reply #39 - 09/29/20 at 17:23:07 Now that the firings are done the company is deploying a major reorganisation. As of the 1st I'll be moving into a better position on a better team. And my new job title includes the word Engineer. Finally! So contractor dude is replacing me after all. Glad he's been trained and able to do my job now!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Training your replacement. Any advice? Reply #40 - 09/29/20 at 18:09:38 Keep us up to speed
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philthymike Serious Thumper Offline Wallowing in my own crapulence Posts: 1413 Philadelphia Area Gender:	Re: Training your replacement. Any advice? Reply #41 - 09/29/20 at 18:40:17 My head is spinning at 8000 RPM
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2681 WTF is JOG?	Re: Training your replacement. Any advice? Reply #42 - 09/30/20 at 14:54:05 Totally cool! Love when good karma happens.
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