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Default Aug 07, 2020 at 09:11 AM
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I was recently laid off due to COVID. And honestly, I am relieved. I am far happier now that I am no longer dealing with such a corrupt, unhealthy and toxic company.

The leadership throughout from the CEO and downwards was lacking in ethics, morality and effective leadership.

I was asked to lie to my clients. I had a co-worker above me who tried to take all the credit for my hard work right in front of me while we were on a client call. My boss took credit for all my hard work and lied to the CEO, downplaying all of my greatest achievements and taking credit for them himself. He was also trying to undermine my success and my ability to rise to a higher level position. Even the CEO himself talks out of both sides of his mouth and lies to his employees.

The company continued to lose important clients, especially from my own team. And that's because my boss is not an effective leader. However, I myself did not lose a single client and had 100% client retention for the two years I was there.

After they told me I was being let go, I asked two colleagues, whom I had helped in a major way, to write me recommendations on LinkedIn. I contacted both people twice within two weeks, and never heard from either one.

One of them I had saved from losing a most important client because his team was failing at their job. I came in, offered my help and saved the day for them and saved them from losing this big client. And what kind of thanks do I get? NONE. No recommendation, no 'thank you' or 'excellent work'. The other colleague had offered that I use her as a reference. But, she also has not replied to my request for a brief, written recommendation. And I had helped her on a few occasions too. She had even told me 'you are amazing', on the day I was laid off.

Incredible. You go out of your way for your colleagues and get nothing in return. That says a LOT about their character. Clearly, they have NO character.

And, when the CEO let me go, he had offered his help with my resume, he offered to contact his entire network and forward my resume along to his contacts. He also offered to meet me for drinks to discuss my future path. Has any of that occurred? NO. And we had a great rapport, or so I thought. We even spoke on a personal level on the phone a couple times within the last 2 months, and had hour long phone calls, just the two of us. I forwarded my resume to him a week and a half ago. He replied, saying he has some thoughts for me, but never followed up. This also tells me a lot about HIS character - not so great.

On the flip side, I have an interview on Tuesday for a Director level role. I am ecstatic. The company looks amazing, it's an award-winning design and marketing company, and I am speaking with the CMO who is an award-winning marketing executive. This has been my ideal company to work for, and I've wanted a boss above me who is smarter than me, more accomplished than me and who is highly adept at what they do. This could just be it for me -- potentially. I couldn't be happier or more thrilled about this interview.

So my former company can literally go F themselves. I will be vindicated once I land a Director level role, especially given the lies my boss told and the fact that he tried to hold me back and down within my position. I will show them ALL what exactly I am made of and how far I can truly go. I aim to be a VP one day. And I know I will get there. I'm on my way already.

So F you to them. I'm glad they laid me off. And I'm glad I now have the opportunity to seek a far better position working for a far better organization.

And one day, after enough time has passed, perhaps I will write a scathing review of their company on Glassdoor in a way that cannot be traced back to me. And that will be my revenge. Or, perhaps my revenge is to land this new job and move onto to a healthier work environment.

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Default Aug 08, 2020 at 09:09 AM
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I guess as they say, the best revenge is just being happy and moving on. So I will do just that. Now I just need to land this Director job.

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Hi HaveHope, I know this is an old thread, but it resonated with me. Did you end up landing the Director job? Whatever ended up happening, wish you all the best in this difficult time.

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Hi HaveHope, I know this is an old thread, but it resonated with me. Did you end up landing the Director job? Whatever ended up happening, wish you all the best in this difficult time.
Thanks! I did not. I have a different opportunity though.

This is an old thread. Brings up bitter memories.

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