At long last! After being sent from one person to the next i have finally agreed in principle to a compromise agreement. This basically means that i give up the right to sue the company for getting rid of me, in return for a an amount of money.
The money will allow me to pay the bills and figure out what i want to do next. I leave at the end of August and need to start planning now!!
This week i received my compromise proposal from the company i work for. They want me to work for another 9 months. Before Xmas they told me to start looking for new jobs. WTF? So angry and confused i was looking forward to leaving sooner rather than later. I have now contacted a lawyer to help me and get me outta there for more cash. I am so annoyed and so angry i have struggled to maintain motivation this week. So i will just continue ranting into the ether of cyberspace, if that makes any sense at all.
The good news is that it has inspired me to start learning more about social media and getting a new career so will be blogging about that soon and trying to find out what everyone else writes about.
OK, time to stop moaning and look at my impending job loss as an opportunity. I am a fatalistic (Sp?) kind of guy and see this as a big opportunity. I have just turned 40 and its now or never if i am going to work for myself. So i stopped to ask myself, ‘what would amazing look like in 2010’?
Having re-read the above i am concerned at how my list didn’t seem amazing (no mention of helicopters or yachts or all night orgies). I am trying to tell myself that i am a man of simple pleasures and therefore easily pleased; rather than a complete lack of imagination.
Yesterday i bought a book which caught my eye, ‘Brand You by Purkiss & Royson Lee. It looks thought provoking and may give me a bit more structure to my ramblings & perhaps inspire my ‘amazing’ list.
Ok, so i am trying to come to terms with my impending job loss. Apparently the next conversation i need to have with the HR director is the options for my ‘exit strategy’. It always hurts to be told that your services are no longer required and i can help but take it personally. So in an effort to make myself feel better i decided to make a list of things i hate about my job.
1. Meetings - so many that you spend all day running to meetings & do no work
2. Politics - aaargh! Why can’t people put their egos aside & work on outcomes?
3. Internal focus - if the company spent more time with the consumer instead of endless navel gazing it might increase its profits
4. Slow decision making - see above, the process makes glaciation seem dynamic
5. Repetition - stuck in the office all day makes my brain turn to mush
So i guess i need to think about how i can avoid the above in my next career.
So i no i said that i needed to stop bitching but i came across this website which made me smile http://ihatemyboss.com.au/
Going out to a book shop now to find some inspiration & see how other people go about getting a new job or set up a company.
My boss has decided he no longer wants me in the business. It would have been nice if he told me direct to my face rather than through the HR director, although i guess that would require some kind of backbone. I actually felt sorry for her when she delivered the message to me, but i guess she gets paid to do that. I am trying desperately not to be defensive or aggressive as i tend to hold grudges against people!
Luckily i have been at the company for a long time and in theory should get a reasonable amount of cash that should be able to tide me over for a while. I would really love to be my own boss and as i have no kids (yet - the gf is desperate to start) this is probably the best time to go for it. However, not sure what i could do on my own, or how to go about it. I am going to research this and hopefully also see if anyone in the blogosphere can help.
Wish me luck!
