There are a few things in regard to the job situation that are annoying me.
1) When I first interviewed for my job (the one I'm leaving), I was told during my second interview (not with by boss, who did my first interview, but with the VP of Marketing, who happens to be the owner's son) that they would be looking to close the store and move operations to the corporate office within 3 months to a year. One of the reasons I took the job was because my boss denied it when I asked him about it. But still, word of the closing was not a huge surprise. However, when it was originally discussed in my interview with the owner's son, it also came with an assurance that my position would be moved to corporate. The call I got today was essentially "as of July 1st, your store is closing and you're out of a job." And yes, the words "out of a job" came out of my boss' mouth. So not only did my boss lie to me, the owner's son/Marketing VP did too.
2) Why is my position not being absorbed into corporate? My boss told me it's not performance-related in the least, so it's not that (he didn't offer that information - I asked him about it point-blank, because I've butted heads with production several times in the last few months). Did they decide not to have me move to corporate because they were confident I'd find something else? Doubtful - honestly, I don't think they ever had any intention of moving my position to corporate. There are more than enough people working at corporate that my duties could be absorbed without much fuss, so why keep unnecessary personnel on payroll? It wouldn't make sense - so while I agree that they're making a sound business decision in eliminating my position rather than moving it, it doesn't change the fact that I was lied to.
3) Right after he told me that I was "out of a job," my boss told me that he knew I'd been looking, so he knew I'd be alright. Just how exactly did he know I was looking anyway? I thought things like that were supposed to be confidential? Not that it's a large enough company to have a human resources department - there are under 100 employees, and any HR-type stuff is handled by a gossipy girl in accounting and the owner's son. Gee, I wonder how my boss found out?
I'm annoyed, but certainly not surprised.
Posted by beenie at June 13, 2005 06:29 PM