Few months ago I posted some stuff about my work in another thread.
TL;DR: the company I work is almost bankrupt, my boss(es) hate my guts because I don't keep my mouth shut, a colleague works almost 25 years here and has very high hopes to become the boss one day.
This week I unraveled a new secret:
The renting contract of the building we're located at will expire in 2021.
The building was sold to another transport company few years ago, which caused some unrest among the workers. But the previous CEO claimed they had a renting contract for 27 years. This week the new CEO spoke too fast to me, saying the contract ends 2021...
Slip of the tongue? So what?
Now I understand every move here.
The new CEO will retire in 2020, and since many colleagues are leaving, he tries to make promises of making them the new CEO and giving raises etc. Without blinking an eye he tells people he wants them to take over the company in his place. In reality I'm 99% certain they (the group) will close this place in 2021.
I was surprised, amused and also disgusted how false promises are made here, and that's probably normal in other companies too. Employees don't mean shit for "bosses". Just a tiny pawn in their game.
Luckily I haven't much to lose, and I know they want to fire me (just don't have to money to pull the trigger, and can't really blame me for anything). But for the stupid colleague who wants to be CEO, this will kill him. Even I tell him this, he will not believe me. Because "he can't be wrong for 23 years!".
I might stir a bit in this bowl of shit now.
This might be the same for the company you work at. A warned man...
A colleague of mine works 20 years in the company. He was hired by the two owners (brothers) and for years they promised him he would one day be the CEO. So he worked very long hours, never asked a raise, he's obese ("because his stressy job and no time to do sports") and never sees his kids during the week.
Long story short, the owners sold the company and retired. The new company owner has other plans and is looking for a new CEO.
He now realizes he believed a lie for 20 years. He never went looking for another job or career, he never even evolved, because he was gonna be the CEO in a few years. Now he feels F*cked. Especially when the management asked me (working there 5 years) to become head of security for a part of the group (I'm gonna decline).
Another colleague hates her job and wants to quit. Her husband is an engineer who has a very well paid job with very good conditions. He hates it too and wants to quit. But he never finds another job with the same or better conditions. And he doesn't want to drive too far. And he doesn't want to start on his own because he doesn't want to work with computers. Etcetera.
They do have a plan though. They want to start a cinema, because the huge cinema-chains are way overpriced! So, a small cinema with cafeteria, that would be a great plan! Just one problem: this plan needs a lot of money.
The solution?
Winning the lottery!
So every week they look forward to the moment when their life is about to change (or so they think), only to come back to their job the next morning. Frustrated. Feeling trapped.
And so, all my 40-something colleagues are looking forward to their pension and ranting about this or that rich a**hole or wondering what went wrong with all their dreams and plans they once made in their lifes. Meanwhile passing their grudge to their children.
I can't count to how many people I've lent TMF . Only one read it til the end (my brother), understands it and he still doesn't want to change his choices. Even if you would make a Hollywood blockbuster where you can fully understand TMF , most people won't change!
(Luckily for us) Some people are just afraid to grow/change.
Update.
A new CEO was found and put in charge. A 58 years old, overweight, oldfashioned "manager" who finds it normal to scream at his workers from time to time. He was fired from his other work after 25 years for unknown circumstances. In a few years he will retire (but will sooner drop dead from heart disease), so my wannabe-ceo-colleague sees another chance.
In 2 years he might be CEO!
The donkey and the carrot.
The other colleague who's husband is engineer will stay at the job now. Her husband has found work in the company right next to us. So there's no point in looking for other work as they can go to their work together now. Still unhappy, but at least less unhappy than last year.
In our company it doesn't matter how much you work. It matters how much you can let them believe how hard you work. Action fake reigns supreme. Of course you must work overtime if you still type with two fingers and micromanage everything.
That's why all the managers of the whole group hate my gut. I work fast and leave early. And I don't keep my mouth to the CEO. And they need me more than I need them.
And because my "worst case scenario" is that they DON'T fire me and I have to leave myself.
SOB that I am.
TL;DR: the company I work is almost bankrupt, my boss(es) hate my guts because I don't keep my mouth shut, a colleague works almost 25 years here and has very high hopes to become the boss one day.
This week I unraveled a new secret:
The renting contract of the building we're located at will expire in 2021.
The building was sold to another transport company few years ago, which caused some unrest among the workers. But the previous CEO claimed they had a renting contract for 27 years. This week the new CEO spoke too fast to me, saying the contract ends 2021...
Slip of the tongue? So what?
Now I understand every move here.
The new CEO will retire in 2020, and since many colleagues are leaving, he tries to make promises of making them the new CEO and giving raises etc. Without blinking an eye he tells people he wants them to take over the company in his place. In reality I'm 99% certain they (the group) will close this place in 2021.
I was surprised, amused and also disgusted how false promises are made here, and that's probably normal in other companies too. Employees don't mean shit for "bosses". Just a tiny pawn in their game.
Luckily I haven't much to lose, and I know they want to fire me (just don't have to money to pull the trigger, and can't really blame me for anything). But for the stupid colleague who wants to be CEO, this will kill him. Even I tell him this, he will not believe me. Because "he can't be wrong for 23 years!".
I might stir a bit in this bowl of shit now.
This might be the same for the company you work at. A warned man...
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