tailfins
04-03-2015, 11:02 AM
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/want-hire-me-fire-person-theyve-got-liz-ryan
They Want to Hire Me and Fire the Person They've Got
He set up the meeting with the CEO for today - this morning. I was there for three hours. The COO came to the meeting, too.At the client's office?
No! At the Bartles and Jaymes office - at the search firm's office. Weird, right? They told me why they didn't want to meet on site at their office. They said 'It's a confidential search.' I told them that every search is confidential, so what's different? They said 'There's an incumbent.'
I said to myself, I don't need the hundred and thirty-seven thousand dollars that badly. It felt good to realize that. That's power, right there. I'll get my kids through college either way. I don't need to be under somebody's boot heel. Can you imagine working for these punks? I'd be looking over my shoulder the whole time.
https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/shrinknp_300_300/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAOcAAAAJGFhNThjOGM2LWYyZjQtNGRmOS04MW RiLTk5Y2MwNmU2ZmQxNA.jpg
I said "It's been very educational meeting you all, but I can see I'm not your guy." Their faces literally fell. For a split second I felt sorry for them. The recruiter got red in the face and said "So you wasted our time this morning?"
They Want to Hire Me and Fire the Person They've Got
He set up the meeting with the CEO for today - this morning. I was there for three hours. The COO came to the meeting, too.At the client's office?
No! At the Bartles and Jaymes office - at the search firm's office. Weird, right? They told me why they didn't want to meet on site at their office. They said 'It's a confidential search.' I told them that every search is confidential, so what's different? They said 'There's an incumbent.'
I said to myself, I don't need the hundred and thirty-seven thousand dollars that badly. It felt good to realize that. That's power, right there. I'll get my kids through college either way. I don't need to be under somebody's boot heel. Can you imagine working for these punks? I'd be looking over my shoulder the whole time.
https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/shrinknp_300_300/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAOcAAAAJGFhNThjOGM2LWYyZjQtNGRmOS04MW RiLTk5Y2MwNmU2ZmQxNA.jpg
I said "It's been very educational meeting you all, but I can see I'm not your guy." Their faces literally fell. For a split second I felt sorry for them. The recruiter got red in the face and said "So you wasted our time this morning?"