Reply #12: 12 years ago when I entered the "adult" workforce

[TlalocW]

First "real" job as a computer programmer. Within a week, I was going home stunned everyday at how real Dilbert was.

I actually left that job because my slimy manager had promised me a promotion and pay raise based on completing two goals by the end of a hiring freeze. When the freeze was over, I actually had an employee review with him, and at the end of it he asked me if I had any questions, and I mentioned the raise/promotion. He got the look of a cornered animal on his face and said he would have to get back to me on that. He sent me an email basically telling me that it wasn't going to happen. I went back to his office for an explanation (of course nothing he said was going to be good enough for me), and I essentially wound up impugning his morals, ethics, and managerial ability, after which he threw me out of his office. I turned in a 1 week notice the next day, and he actually tried to make me feel bad that I wasn't, "Manning up," by sticking around to work harder and that if I couldn't I should at least give 2 weeks. I essentially reiterated my feelings that there was no way I was going to move ahead when my manager was a weasel, and he didn't deserve even 1 week. Got thrown out of the office again. :)

What was cool was that at the end of the day, my team lead, who actually had more clout in the company than our manager, went and read him the riot act over his being a weasel.

I miss being younger, skilled professional in a good economy where I could tell a manager to piss off. :)

TlalocW