Have you ever became your boss's boss?

[Dominus]

A month or so ago, a friend of mine (an engineer) told me he got fired from his job. Felt pretty bad for him. He's got a wife and 2 kids to take care of. I could hear the stress in his voice at the time.

Fast forward to last night. Met up with him and had a couple drinks. More like he had a couple beers and I had a virgin drink. Anyway, he told me he got a new job. His new job is area manager in the firm that hired his old firm. Meaning he became his former boss's boss. We toasted to it and laughed about the irony.

Ever had this happen to you or something similar? I would imagine there's much awkwardness...

 

[peeonme]

When I was a boss I fired a guy for smoking pot while on the clock. I went to night school about 20 years later and he was my teacher.

 

[rareboy]

I am my boss's boss's boss.

Top of the fucking food chain...but tiny fish in tiny pond that haz to rely on peeeplz thrwing jobz at mmmeeeezzz

 

[NotHardUp1]

No, not exactly.

I was put over another department for a few months during the site shutdown in Albuquerque, and that was a challenge because they had low competency and were not used to working either.

In my current job, I was offered a supervisory job, but declined to keep away from mid-level managers further up the chain whom I would have to not burst into flames as I sat with them in endless meetings. I saw that I couldn't survive that.

They hired a guy who is coasting to retirement and all too happy to sit on calls all day and not work. He asks me constantly, now three years after his hire, how to do stuff.

His boss was with the company when I left it back in 2006 and is a shady yes man who will do anything he is asked by the company. I don't need to be any closer to him either.

 

[PrinceCory]

Nope, that never happened with me. I once had a boss that resigned (in good standing). A new boss came onboard shortly after. He gave me a promotion. That boss was fired within 6 months due to sleeping with a staff member. The previous boss came back about a month after that...and he gave me another promotion. So that ordeal was a win-win for me.

 

[Dominus]

I am my boss's boss's boss.

Top of the fucking food chain...but tiny fish in tiny pond that haz to rely on peeeplz thrwing jobz at mmmeeeezzz

Haha, me too. I never thought of it this way before but I'm stealing this idea. I'm top of the food chain in a tiny-ass pond LOL.

How small of a pond? I just lost literally my entire work-force (all of 3 guys) to a competitor. The other guy offered them a 30% increase in pay. I didn't say this to them when it happened. I shook their hands to congratulate them. It was actually a blessing in disguise because I was wanting to kill off my active business anyway and just focus on the rental business. Less of a headache. Got tired of explaining to clients why a $2K budget wouldn't even cover the material cost for a new roof LOL.

So, I'm back to a 1-man operation. Just me, myself, and I. I'm my boss' boss' boss.

 

[me203]

I knew people who taught at a local college. At least some divisions had a power structure of a chair for a department, then a dean above that for the division. (For example, Chair of English, topped by Dean of Humanities.) At least some deans were elected from the division for a fixed period, and would continue teaching, which would simultaneously presumably make them boss of the chair of his or her department, and subordinate of the chair.

 

[rareboy]

The worst part is knowing that your boss is an asshole that won't give you a break

 

[Dominus]

When I was a boss I fired a guy for smoking pot while on the clock. I went to night school about 20 years later and he was my teacher.

LOL did either of you mention anything about it? Or was it just awkwardness in the air?

 

[Dominus]

No, not exactly.

I was put over another department for a few months during the site shutdown in Albuquerque, and that was a challenge because they had low competency and were not used to working either.

In my current job, I was offered a supervisory job, but declined to keep away from mid-level managers further up the chain whom I would have to not burst into flames as I sat with them in endless meetings. I saw that I couldn't survive that.

They hired a guy who is coasting to retirement and all too happy to sit on calls all day and not work. He asks me constantly, now three years after his hire, how to do stuff.

His boss was with the company when I left it back in 2006 and is a shady yes man who will do anything he is asked by the company. I don't need to be any closer to him either.

About the low competency thing. What do you mean? Were they really low on competence or were they more relaxed?

I ask is because in the past I was working at an engineering firm that had all the procedures written in stone. When I got recruited to a firm like 10 times bigger, I could have sworn they had low competency when I first stepped into that office. Turned out they had just as much talent and competency as the other one, if not more. It was just that the atmosphere was a lot more relax and they did things differently.

I later got recruited by another firm even bigger than the last one and things went sideway again. The branch executive were working side by side with us.

I guess my point is different places operate differently and some time those differences could be misinterpreted as a competency problem.

 

[peeonme]

LOL did either of you mention anything about it? Or was it just awkwardness in the air?

We talked about it after class. He asked me not to say anything and I told him that I was sorry for being so hard on him. He was 17 when it happened and I was 19 and trying to shape up a crew that had ran the old boss out.