October 25, 2011
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Karma
Anyone who has been reading my blog for any length of time may remember when I lost my job in 2004.
Received this in my in box yesterday:
Sheryl,
My name is Val [Edited], I own [Agency Name Edited]. I have been retained by [Former Employer] to identify candidates in the selection process of a new Director of IT (Strategic and Tactical director with Operational oversight) I know it’s revisiting your past, but sometimes revisits can be interesting. Any interest in talking?
Kind Regards,
Val [Edited]
President [Agency Name Edited], Inc.Former Employer is the employer that hired a new CEO who:
- Brought in his buddy to be the I.T. Director – gave him my position description but changed I.T. Manager to I.T. Director (I had been petitioning my boss, who was the CFO to change my title to I.T. Director before the new CEO came.)
- Brought in the chick he was probably having an affair with to become his second in command (COO), changing who I reported to from the CFO to the COO
- Hired a consultant to find out where there was a duplication of duties (see where this is leading?)
- Sent two of his lackeys into my office to tell me that I was being let go because of a “reduction in force”
- Later brought in another of his former co-workers to replace the CFO
CEO, COO, new CFO and I.T. Director are no longer working there. CEO was canned (first Karma)
I responded with:
Dear Val,
If I was still living in Chicago I would jump at this. I LOVED working at the [Former Employer]. However, I now live in eastern Michigan working for a consulting company in Chicago where I mostly work from home. The only way I would consider something like this would be to work remotely.
Thanks for thinking of me.
Sheryl
If she responds, I’ll tell her I forgot to mention that I would require double the salary they were paying me when I worked there before.
