NBR - Just a job related vent (so very long)

KerryHS · September 2011

I am besides myself. I am going to write this post in hopes that venting here will help me move on and stop feeling sorry for myself. Almost 6 years ago my company eliminated four Marketing Directors and gave me the work. 4 directors!!! I didn't get the title. I didn't get a raise. I also didn't get laid off which happened to a lot of people.

For the past 3 years they kept taking part of my job away and putting it into a department outside of marketing and giving that person the director title. Each time it failed. I would get the work back with some, but not all, of the resources that were given to the "Director" to do the same job. Again, I didn't get the title, but I did get the work. Again, all of these "Directors" were fired, so I remained grateful for my job. I know how tough it is out there and I have several friends who have been without work for years. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. I have worked hard and have gotten top performance reviews for the last several years. I have never been given any indication that my performance or my skills were lacking in any way. In fact (and I am sorry if I sound like I am bragging), my work was often held up as an example of how things should be done.

Finally, I hear that they are breaking apart the marketing team that I am in and they are going to have a Marketing Director for the line of business that I manage. I sit down with the new VP and I am told that I cannot even interview for the job. I was told that there was too much "organizational chaos" to do interviews and would I please just report to this other person who was already a Director. Now this Director wants to sit in on all of the meetings that I have set up this week so that she can "learn" from me. I CAN"T STAND IT. I CANNOT TRAIN ONE MORE PERSON THAT IS SUPPOSED to be my boss. But meanwhile, I have to put on a happy face for two reasons (1) I still need my paycheck and (2) I don't want my team to shoot themselves in the foot with the new boss. My team is possibly angrier than I am over this whole thing and I don't want to get them in trouble.

I am sad and I am angry and I am frustrated beyond belief. Needless to say I am looking for another job. I only hope that I can take a few of the people with me that I have gotten so close too. If you have made it through this rant and have any words of advice or encouragement for me I would appreciate it.

NewMrs07 · September 2011

I've seen and experience many slimy corporate situations like that, but I think yours takes the cake, IMO. I'm sorry you have to go through all that, it must be really stressful for you. I think the very best thing to do right now is to keep working but find another job ASAP. No job is worth that amount of stress, aggravation and humiliation (yes, it's very disrespectful to you!). I hope you can get out of there soon and get an even better job where they value your work. By the way, maybe you can get some recommendation letters on your way out, it's the least they can do since they've been so crappy towards you. I'm sorry ((hugs)).

Pesky · September 2011

Ditto. Advice is get your resume prepped and start shooting it out everywhere. Sounds like you are being hosed big time where you are and that is NOT going to change. Period. So unless you like a never-ending cycle of doing a ton of work for little reward, I'd find a company who appreciates your talents more. Even if it takes a while, at least you have the comfort of a plan. Just remember that the best time to search for a job is when you have it so just smile sweetly at the thought of how screwed they will soon be when you leave them high and dry and carry on.

KerryHS · September 2011

NewMrs07:
I've seen and experience many slimy corporate situations like that, but I think yours takes the cake, IMO. I'm sorry you have to go through all that, it must be really stressful for you. I think the very best thing to do right now is to keep working but find another job ASAP. No job is worth that amount of stress, aggravation and humiliation (yes, it's very disrespectful to you!). I hope you can get out of there soon and get an even better job where they value your work. By the way, maybe you can get some recommendation letters on your way out, it's the least they can do since they've been so crappy towards you. I'm sorry ((hugs)).

Thank you.

KerryHS · September 2011

Pesky:
Ditto. Advice is get your resume prepped and start shooting it out everywhere. Sounds like you are being hosed big time where you are and that is NOT going to change. Period. So unless you like a never-ending cycle of doing a ton of work for little reward, I'd find a company who appreciates your talents more. Even if it takes a while, at least you have the comfort of a plan. Just remember that the best time to search for a job is when you have it so just smile sweetly at the thought of how screwed they will soon be when you leave them high and dry and carry on.

Yes . You are right. This is a cycle that I have to break. Of course the vindictive little beeotch inside me wants the new job to come along ASAP so that they can feel the pain :-) But you are right, once I decided that I am completely kidding myself and I have to look for another job, I felt better. Having some kind of plan in a good thing.

BrideBuddies · September 2011

Any thought of taking a few of your co-workers and starting your own marketing office? Corporations sux big time.

(FYI.. I was "laid off" from my mid-management job because they said they could not afford me anymore. Exactly 3 months to the day, they posted my old job for one day. Turns out a former manager wanted to come back and they were just making room for him by cutting me loose. Bastards.)

KerryHS · September 2011

BrideBuddies:

Any thought of taking a few of your co-workers and starting your own marketing office? Corporations sux big time.

(FYI.. I was "laid off" from my mid-management job because they said they could not afford me anymore. Exactly 3 months to the day, they posted my old job for one day. Turns out a former manager wanted to come back and they were just making room for him by cutting me loose. Bastards.)

"Bastards" is right. I see my job being eliminated sometime in the next 12 - 24 months so I am trying to get ahead of that. Hard to keep my spirits up, but focusing on a new job helps me not get too down.

Strunella · September 2011

Boo! No need to work in a toxic environment like that...life is too short. It also seems like they are in the middle of a lot of organizational chaos and that's never a good place to be. My own firm seems to not know how they want to handle my department either, and I have had 3 bosses in my 2.5 years here. It just doesn't bode well for job stability and confidence.

Would it be possible to reach out to some of the directors who are no longer there to see if there are any opportunities at their current firms? Hopefully knowing that you have an escape plan in place will make going to work every day a bit more tolerable. Good luck!

ateytelb · September 2011

I have seen a number of changes in my current company that didn't make any sense to me. No advice here other than this is a great idea to start looking for another job.

stever · September 2011

Pesky:
Ditto. Advice is get your resume prepped and start shooting it out everywhere. Sounds like you are being hosed big time where you are and that is NOT going to change. Period. So unless you like a never-ending cycle of doing a ton of work for little reward, I'd find a company who appreciates your talents more. Even if it takes a while, at least you have the comfort of a plan. Just remember that the best time to search for a job is when you have it so just smile sweetly at the thought of how screwed they will soon be when you leave them high and dry and carry on.

This. I'm sorry.

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