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Yesterday the effects of the latest corporate reorganization reached our office, and my boss was laid off. I call him my boss but, really, he's been more of a peer and colleague since he put me in charge of the operations department at the Minnow. He's not a perfect boss. I can remember how he would not straighten out a conflict between myself and the database manager over a DBA. On the other hand, having to reach back seven years to complain is indicative of something. Actually, i can think of another complaint, but it didn't directly involve me. That complaint is also part of his style, which is to drop the reins and let you run your own show: if you need a micro-manager he's not it.
In the years at the Minnow i knew i was being groomed to take his place. The politics were pretty toxic at the Minnow towards the end, but my loyalty to him made staying my choice.
He could have taken on all the high profile work, pointed to his title and made himself indispensable instead of letting me have the high profile work. He let me "shine" (i don't feel shiny), while taking on the bureaucratic crap.
I deeply appreciate the gifts of opportunity and stretching he gave me over the years (while still wishing things weren't quite so dire when i took on the operations job -- i think i caught up the lost sleep eventually, though).
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I've reached out to the a few folks in the division we were in before the merger -- the director and the manager who is so strongly directing the transition to SCRUM -- and asked if i could keep coming to their team meetings. Being part of their division, despite the 7 am meetings, has been very helpful as just insight into the corporate culture in a way that's difficult from our remote office. The director was very supportive in his response and also pointed out that my new director "needs experienced managers," a gracious expression of the chaos that director has already wrecked without guidance from a team.
I've got to deal with two health complaints i've been putting off. My sister and my previous boss have both rolled their eyes at me for not seeing a doctor (for two different reasons -- my sister knows why i'm drinking cranberry juice three times a day).
In the years at the Minnow i knew i was being groomed to take his place. The politics were pretty toxic at the Minnow towards the end, but my loyalty to him made staying my choice.
He could have taken on all the high profile work, pointed to his title and made himself indispensable instead of letting me have the high profile work. He let me "shine" (i don't feel shiny), while taking on the bureaucratic crap.
I deeply appreciate the gifts of opportunity and stretching he gave me over the years (while still wishing things weren't quite so dire when i took on the operations job -- i think i caught up the lost sleep eventually, though).
--==∞==--
I've reached out to the a few folks in the division we were in before the merger -- the director and the manager who is so strongly directing the transition to SCRUM -- and asked if i could keep coming to their team meetings. Being part of their division, despite the 7 am meetings, has been very helpful as just insight into the corporate culture in a way that's difficult from our remote office. The director was very supportive in his response and also pointed out that my new director "needs experienced managers," a gracious expression of the chaos that director has already wrecked without guidance from a team.
I've got to deal with two health complaints i've been putting off. My sister and my previous boss have both rolled their eyes at me for not seeing a doctor (for two different reasons -- my sister knows why i'm drinking cranberry juice three times a day).
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