You can only do it once
There's not many times at work when you can gain a position of power over the 'management' but I managed to achieve it once.

I worked for a medium size company when I was fairly young and naive. Through hard work and dedication I'd managed to claw my way into a junior management position, and although I was glad for the extra responsibility and experience I was being paid like a pauper because I was basically younger than my peers.

Every six months I was promised a raise in line with my colleagues but it never materialised even though the working hours got longer and my responsibilities larger.

The straw that broke the camel's back was the day that I hired a new member of the team and he managed to negotiate a salary higher than my own. This I was told to accept because 'the experience you're gaining is worth more than money'.

With those words of wisdom ringing in my ears, I promptly went out and secured a job offer from their biggest rivals worth 35% more. Plopping said offer in front of my boss on a rainy Friday afternoon and watching him squirm was one of the highlights of my life.

Backed into a corner, they reluctantly put their hands in their pockets, to which I thanked them kindly for the counter-offer and then told them to stick their rotten job.

Now that's a feeling of real power!

Length? Three months gardening leave thank-you-very-much
(BinDipper, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:52, 5 replies)

good on you
click
( rofl harris, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 16:53, closed)

Well done
Edit, I know lots of cunts who bluffed this in banking.

Try this again as a bluff, if they piss you at your new job.
( The Scrunt Wants a Dozen Pints, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 18:06, closed)

Honda Civics and supermodels?
(Wilton Mitrowserz, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 19:20, closed)

Well done
I had a manager a few years back in that same position. He was a great manager and everyone liked him. The directors used that same logic about experience on him and off he went taking several staff with him to a company round the corner.
His replacement was an utter twunt and productivity dropped (he lasted a couple of months before all the other dept managers complained and got rid of him). I like to think the big boss learnt something from this but as he was too busy trying to get rid of the secretary he'd been shagging it probably went unnoticed.
(cmouse is pondering about life in other jobs, Wed 14 Jul 2010, 8:37, closed)

And they filled your job the very next day.
You sure showed them.
(Vlad the Inhaler forgot his password, Wed 14 Jul 2010, 19:20, closed)