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Since this is a pseudo-Friday in the US (due to the 4th of July holiday), and Fridays are when WebmasterWorld members are wont to ramble on about random topics... have YOU had used or encountered any unusual exit strategies?
I'll even contribute another one. A few years ago, a field sales guy (in a remote city) got tipped that he was going to be fired. Wanting to maximize the duration of his employment, he didn't answer his phone when he thought his boss was calling. He kept calling in when he knew he'd miss his boss, and left voicemails returning the boss's calls, commenting on customer visits, etc. He kept kept this game going for a week before they finally tracked him down & gave him the official news.
Your turn... :)
They : "We can't get into any of the machines! They all say we need a password! We don't know the passwords!"
He: "Sorry, it's not my job any more. Or is it?"
They : "..... how about an extra 10%? And more holiday? Now would you PLEASE tell us the freakin' passwords!?!"
While working in HR in France (maternity cover), I used to receive some 'funny' email from the Accounts department. One of them I though I forward to the people in the logistic dpt and started to write one of the recipient's name.
I was on lotus nots so when you start typing a letter, the whole name comes up. What I didn't know at the time is that you can also have group of people under one heading.
Unfortunately for me the name started with an 'e' and I didn't looked at the full address appearing and forwarded it.
I was really surprised to see acknowledgement of the email returned by the whole management team and the ceo group(around 30 people in the whole company). Yes in France management translates to encadrement.
Didn't get the sack but it was close, well at least now everybody knew who I was ;).
Leo
Pretty much as TT explained it I'd imagine. It was a small firm and the branch manager came from a long line of Vermonters - pretty laid back and just going with the flow of what Corporate HQ wanted - even though he may not like it.
The funny part is he (the Cad Mgr) had documented all of the passwords and even put them in his files (to avoid legal problems) - had they looked they would have found them. But corporate was probably breathing down everyone's necks so bad they didn't think to look in the most obvious place.
IT Manager: "when you going on holiday again?"
Me: "Beginning of next month"
IT Manager: "what date do you get back?"
Me: "You're making a lot of assumptions there...."
IT Manager 10 minutes later: "Um...so whats the username / pass for email / web admin?"
Scott :)
Hey nipear, did you ever wonder what extra goodies he added to your plate? :)
ohh, I only ate rolls and butter and had a nice glass of milk along with anything else packaged. It was buffett style so he'd have to give everyone a little somethin' somethin'
It was buffett style so he'd have to give everyone a little somethin' somethin'
Ever hear the phrase "kill 'em all and let God sort it out"?
But being a nice guy I actually drove it back and left the keys in the mailslot for them.
I think I need to start a b**ch-about-your-job thread somewhere. Anybody with me?
In the meantime, this thread is amusing me with little fantasies. What gratuitously offensive things should I say to my boss? My co-workers I'd leave alone, but the boss... he needs to be told what a psycho he is. I'd need to do something horribly rotten. Keep posting, fellas, and I'll let you know when someone suggests a good one. At this point I'm borderline postal...
And it's only Wednesday, and I'm not eligible for vacation until next February. Yay!
As you consider exit strategies, you might want to keep in the at least the back of your mind one particular lil' factoid -
the employer you can't stand today might turn out to be a life long chum, relative or spouse of the hiring authority at some lil' place down the trail that you see as your ultimate dream job. Would be a shame if you were told to keep hiking because of a brief moment of 'gotcha' as you departed your current position.
Dragonlady7: Someday I'd like to quit a job in a dramatic fashion. I'm thinking something involving a helicopter...
Hmmm, tbear, sounds like you lived out Dragonlady's fantasy... :)
I was thinking more of flying away in the helicopter, not getting ripped off by its owner.!
That's a good dramatic story, tbear! Write a book and earn some money back from it. :)
When someone leaves, we take him/her out for lunch. We had a particularly anoying boss who was moving on, so we set up a VERY nice lunchon reservation to take him out. As we were leaving the office, and makinging arrangements for who would ride with whom, we (intentionally) wound up with all of the cars full and no place for the boss. He had to drive separately. We went to a different restaurant.
