[quote author=Colonel Sanders link=topic=7104.msg19262#msg19262 date=1505865540]
Someone whom is lazy but plays the politics well,
will always do better than some roadkill that just
works hard and doesn't kiss the right ass.
It isn't what you know. It's who you know.
[/quote]
Ain't that the truth? I've never been afraid to work my balls off but have always tended to downplay that. The kicker is that when it comes to politics I know enough people in enough places to really kick ass if I wanted to play that game, but I've always looked down on it as cheating.
New plan: screw what I've been doing so far. The hard work stays but the self-promotion and calling in favours is ramping up from here on out.
Steps to become a success.
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Colonel
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[quote]people who change companies often[/quote]
Depends what kind of industry. If it's heavily
unionized and/or based on seniority from date
of hire, that's suicide.
However, in the tech world, is it common for someone
to leave company A, work at company B, and then
come back to company A and take a much higher
position than if they'd stayed loyal to company A.
Leapfrog, kinda.
Not sure if that's a good or a bad thing. From one
perspective, spending a couple years at company B
can teach a person a whole lot more than just
repeating another year at company A. Like taking
an unofficial post-graduate course.
I know guy #1 went from Company A to company B
(after impregnating the sister-in-law of the President
of Company A and then leaving the country) then
incredibly went back to company A and then left to
company C, and then back to company A. This
particular journey took around 20 years.
Fucking crazy.
Another guy #2 I know, skipped out on finishing
his Phd (he was ABD) and joined the same
Company A above. Guy #2 divorced his wife (who
was the daughter of his Phd Professor) to
marry a VP at Company A, who's ex-husband
used to be a VP at Company A and left to
join Company D, then came back to Company
A. I used to walk by a meeting room with
all three of them in there.
Fucking crazy.
Back to guy #2, who rose to executive VP
at company A but denied it later in court.
Guy #2 gets a job offer from Company C
above, and separates from his wife - who
is a VP at company A - so he doesn't have
to split his VP signing bonus at Company C
the day before House and Gardens comes
to do an article on their Mansion on the Rideau.
Fucking crazy.
You could not possibly make anything this
insane up. They are my co-workers.
Fucking crazy.
PS I have worked at all of company A, B and C
but not D. So have all of my co-workers.
PPS Company D was Dy4. Rest, I will never tell.
Depends what kind of industry. If it's heavily
unionized and/or based on seniority from date
of hire, that's suicide.
However, in the tech world, is it common for someone
to leave company A, work at company B, and then
come back to company A and take a much higher
position than if they'd stayed loyal to company A.
Leapfrog, kinda.
Not sure if that's a good or a bad thing. From one
perspective, spending a couple years at company B
can teach a person a whole lot more than just
repeating another year at company A. Like taking
an unofficial post-graduate course.
I know guy #1 went from Company A to company B
(after impregnating the sister-in-law of the President
of Company A and then leaving the country) then
incredibly went back to company A and then left to
company C, and then back to company A. This
particular journey took around 20 years.
Fucking crazy.
Another guy #2 I know, skipped out on finishing
his Phd (he was ABD) and joined the same
Company A above. Guy #2 divorced his wife (who
was the daughter of his Phd Professor) to
marry a VP at Company A, who's ex-husband
used to be a VP at Company A and left to
join Company D, then came back to Company
A. I used to walk by a meeting room with
all three of them in there.
Fucking crazy.
Back to guy #2, who rose to executive VP
at company A but denied it later in court.
Guy #2 gets a job offer from Company C
above, and separates from his wife - who
is a VP at company A - so he doesn't have
to split his VP signing bonus at Company C
the day before House and Gardens comes
to do an article on their Mansion on the Rideau.
Fucking crazy.
You could not possibly make anything this
insane up. They are my co-workers.
Fucking crazy.
PS I have worked at all of company A, B and C
but not D. So have all of my co-workers.
PPS Company D was Dy4. Rest, I will never tell.
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Trey Kule
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[font=Verdana]" Maybe in the short run. In the long run, you had better perform, too. At least in my experience."[/font]
[font=Verdana]I dont know Rookie. There was this drama teacher who had not excelled at anything really, who then used his drama training and his daddy's name to propel him to great heights.[/font]
[font=Verdana] It is one of the reasons he is in the top 1% income bracket with a gold filled pension and, oh so many friends of different genders.[/font]
[font=Verdana]Seems like a pretty good long term run coming up.[/font]
[font=Verdana]When was the last time you got to take a vacation on the taxpayers' cc?[/font]
[font=Verdana]I dont know Rookie. There was this drama teacher who had not excelled at anything really, who then used his drama training and his daddy's name to propel him to great heights.[/font]
[font=Verdana] It is one of the reasons he is in the top 1% income bracket with a gold filled pension and, oh so many friends of different genders.[/font]
[font=Verdana]Seems like a pretty good long term run coming up.[/font]
[font=Verdana]When was the last time you got to take a vacation on the taxpayers' cc?[/font]