Let my actions speak for themselves

As far as work goes I have never been much of a talker, I like to do my work without all they hype. I do good work so I also like to be at least recognized for it from time to time. So I guess I didn't see a problem when I gave the president of the company my ideas for the future of the company. Before I go any farther though, let me give some background info.
The company I work for is a very small consulting company that is owned by a larger manufacturing company. Recently my immediate supervisor moved out of state and another lady was brought over to fill her role. She was a very valuable person and she pretty much did the work of 3 people to keep everything running. She did all this work because our previous business manager was fired a few months earlier for reasons I'm not really sure of. I had my own difficulties with her and we had words....so that's the gist of it.

Now, continuing on.... Last week we had a trade show we had to do and we were told at the last minute she was going to be brought in to "consult" this one time to get everything together. The president somehow thought that she needed to do this since she signed up for it. This made a lot of people upset but I just tried to work with it because I pretty much had no choice. After the show there were obviously rumors going around that she was on her way back into the company, I wasn't really sure if he would hire her back or not. I mean when he fired her the rest of the people in the office had a party....I mean like a real party with cake and everything, so you know a person like that was not going to get a warm reception. Again, It didn't really bother me because I found out she wasn't going to have the same job she had before and she wasn't going to be my boss.
Then all that me not being bothered changed yesterday when my supervisor informed me that the president had a plan to have her start on Monday but she pretty much talked him out of it. The biggest reason he had for bringing her back was to implement my plan......say what?!?....He was going to bring her back to implement MY plan. Oh Hell No! What in the world is he thinking? Since I was not in the meeting I only have secondhand accounts of what went on but the president that since my background is technical that I don't have what it takes to handle a lot of the sales and marketing that needs to happen. I guess I can understand a little bit but we were supposed to have a meeting to go over all of this, so I thought I could make my case there. It just seems like he wants to hire her back no matter what though..... Well, one of the stipulations to keep her gone is that we have to get a plan together to develop a partnership with one particular vendor by Monday or she comes back. I had that plan done in 1 hour.....we'll see what happens next.

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Posted by TJ to TechLife at 11/11/2005 04:44:49 AM

"The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be"

Marcel Pagnol quotes (French Writer, Producer and Film Director, 1895-1974)

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Posted by TJ to TechLife at 11/07/2005 03:34:20 PM

Our Greatest Fear

Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate,
but that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.
It is not just in some; it is in everyone.

And, as we let our own light shine, we consciously give
other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.

Marianne Williamson
from her book 'A return to love'