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Katie G
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« on: August 23, 2012, 05:49:48 pm » |
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I had one of those bosses about 20 years ago and his answer to every one of his missed deadlines, non-responses, lack of follow-up, etc. etc, was to throw me under the bus. 70 percent of the time, I didn't even know what was going on because he flatly refused to communicate with me. The 30 percent I did know about, I reminded, nagged, tried to start drafts to help, you name it, all of which were rebuffed. He would also disappear for hours on end leaving me to sound like an idiot on the phone when his boss (who was 1500 miles away) would call. (This was before cell phones were common.)
I suppose it's no surprise that my performance review was not good. Everything he dismissed, forgot, didn't care about, that eventually came back to bite him in the rear end was listed as "failings" on my part.
Fortunately, my other manager (they were supposed to be sharing me) saw what was going on and brought me on full time onto his budget. HR had this clown's number as well. I remember the woman from HR calling me to make sure I was okay. This guy had a nationwide rep for being a goof off, but he was so close to retirment they just let him ride it out.
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