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chthonic, Thu 20 Jan 2005, 9:51)
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Thanks for the weekendNot an interview as such but....
A few years ago, due to a merger, I was told that my choices were (a) go and work at Head Office in Glasgow, where a new position had been created for me, or (b) be made redundant.
Never having been to Glasgow or having met the new boss, I asked if I could go up there and check it out. My current boss agreed, and told me to take my wife, stay for the weekend, hire a car, etc, and charge it all to the company.
Excellent. So I rang the new boss. "What do you want to come up here for?". "Well, I've never been to Glasgow, or seen the office, and I thought it would be a good idea". "Oh. Seems strange to me, but if you really want to...".
Hmmm. Anyway, flew up there, met the new boss at 9:30am on the Friday morning.
Within 5 minutes, she said "Well, if you don't take the job, I won't be disappointed".
Sorry? I thought you wanted me to come and work for you and had created a position especially for me???
Anyway, we had a really good weekend - Glasgow is great - and then on Monday, the new boss was in the London office, so I told her that I didn't like her attitude and that I wouldn't be taking the job.
She nearly cried. "But...but....but....I've based the whole set up of the new team around the fact that you're going to move to Scotland!"
"Well, that was a bit dumb, wasn't it...."
(, Wed 26 Jan 2005, 16:48, Reply)
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