I can't believe I walked into work this morning to find out that my boss has been fired. She has worked at this company for over 18 years and has been my boss for 14 out of the 15 years I have worked here.
I walked into this company in 1992 as an entry level person batching paper claims. I only worked here a year when an opening came up and applied for it. She gave me a chance. I learned just about everything I know about our industry from her. When I started working for her we were both cramped into one office. When we finally got a computer we had to share it which could become quite comical at times. I would leave to go for a quick cig and she would jump on. She would leave to run out and get lunch and I would jump on.
The shock of it all has still not even sunk in. My mentor has been ripped away and I never even got to say goodbye.
They fired the one person that probably had 99.9% of the industry knowledge. She went to the meetings, she had the contacts and she knew what was going to happen and had the company prepare before some of our best competitors.
What the f*** where they thinking?
Did someone convince the powers that be that they could do her job better? Or that several people combined at another division had the knowledge she had?
Did she step on the toes of a powerful person enough to give her the axe?
I know in my heart that after the shock wears off that she can go anywhere. She can pick and choose to her hearts content until she lands another job but it does not help now knowing the heartbreak she must be feeling.
I want to call her but I don't even know what to say.
I am sure there a lot of people who would love to see their boss get fired but in this case it was the worse possible thing that could have happened. Not only for my loss but it is a loss to the entire company.
I am sure that this post might not make a lot of sense but I needed to vent.
I walked into this company in 1992 as an entry level person batching paper claims. I only worked here a year when an opening came up and applied for it. She gave me a chance. I learned just about everything I know about our industry from her. When I started working for her we were both cramped into one office. When we finally got a computer we had to share it which could become quite comical at times. I would leave to go for a quick cig and she would jump on. She would leave to run out and get lunch and I would jump on.
The shock of it all has still not even sunk in. My mentor has been ripped away and I never even got to say goodbye.
They fired the one person that probably had 99.9% of the industry knowledge. She went to the meetings, she had the contacts and she knew what was going to happen and had the company prepare before some of our best competitors.
What the f*** where they thinking?
Did someone convince the powers that be that they could do her job better? Or that several people combined at another division had the knowledge she had?
Did she step on the toes of a powerful person enough to give her the axe?
I know in my heart that after the shock wears off that she can go anywhere. She can pick and choose to her hearts content until she lands another job but it does not help now knowing the heartbreak she must be feeling.
I want to call her but I don't even know what to say.
I am sure there a lot of people who would love to see their boss get fired but in this case it was the worse possible thing that could have happened. Not only for my loss but it is a loss to the entire company.
I am sure that this post might not make a lot of sense but I needed to vent.