Comments | bobmanasco: And freedom tastes of reality

bobmanasco

And freedom tastes of reality

Jun 17, 2008 14:32

I accepted a job at John Deere in Davenport last Friday, and turned in my letter of resignation to Caterpillar today. I told them my last day would be July 25th, giving them over a month to hire someone for my spot and allow me to train him or her to take over ( Read more... )

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garpu June 17 2008, 19:50:16 UTC

I'd totally try unemployment. You did the right thing and gave them way more than two weeks' notice, and they screwed you over.

kaymyth June 17 2008, 20:00:12 UTC

It sounds like your Boss From Hell is throwing a temper tantrum over your leaving. Clearly, he's a bitch.

But here's the good news: now you have a totally valid excuse to run around for the next month pretending to be a spy!

nico_shalom June 17 2008, 20:53:37 UTC

Caterpillar screwed my dad over many times as well. I would def try unemployment. Congrats on the Deere job!

madelineanne June 17 2008, 21:05:45 UTC

HEY!! That means that when I come to town we can totally get brunch any day because you'll be free!!!
(finding the bright side)
:)

givemethegun June 17 2008, 21:28:48 UTC

Jesus, Bob. Wade just said they did the same thing to him, too.

What a bunch of arse - nice way to treat your loyal employees, shame the customers don't get to see it. But, as you say, it's a month's holiday. And after working there so hard for 12 years, you deserve it.

xxCattxx

elmegil June 18 2008, 01:09:11 UTC

If he's leaving, is he really a loyal employee any longer? :)

Which isn't to say I think such tactics are justified. Totally assinine. Probably driven by lawyers who say you ahve to treat everyone the same, so you have to treat them all like perps to be sure you don't get burned by the few who are....

givemethegun June 18 2008, 01:21:51 UTC

He was loyal up until the point they fired him. So yes, he was a loyal employee. Not to mention a considerate one.

elmegil June 18 2008, 13:13:37 UTC

Loyal employees don't go taking jobs with other companies, right?

Again: I think Bob was doing the right thing, and any SANE employer would have taken him up on his offer. But when you say "I took a job with your competitor" or just "I took another job bye", you are by definition no longer a Loyal Employee.

Sounds like the boss from hell wanted to underscore why Bob was leaving in the first place.....

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