The Great Pretenders
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November 30, 2008
Dealing emotionally, My story, Termination gone wrong, Uncategorized
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Tags: afraid, desperate, downsize, economy, employer, fake, fired, job loss, jobless, pink slip, pretend, restructuring, self-doubt, terminated, unemployed, workplace
We all know pretenders. We may work with some. We may actually work for one. Hopefully you’re not sleeping with or married to one.
My last boss was a pretender.
On the morning that I was fired, I was clueless, about getting fired at least.
My boss likes to read industry books, and I had come across one at home the previous night that I thought would be of interest to him on a project we were working on.
Before leaving my house at about 8:30 that morning, I emailed him asking if he’d like me to bring the book in. A few minutes … Continue Reading
Tags: afraid, desperate, downsize, economy, employer, fake, fired, job loss, jobless, pink slip, pretend, restructuring, self-doubt, terminated, unemployed, workplace
