January 13, 2009
So like I said earlier I was re-reading some of my old posts.
Man I recall in Nov 2007 being very excited to start that new job. Well 14 months later and I’m thinking I made a very large mistake.
The company is doing well and for the most part the people are great. My issue is with the CEO/President. He is truly the most unprofessional, manipulative person I’ve ever worked with and that’s how he treats his people. He constantly says that what we do is easy and can’t understand why things take to long to build. I can tell you. It’s because we don’t have a complete understanding of what needs to be built. Sure we have functional specs but they having huge holes in them every time (something is always missing or not elaborated on). He over commits to deadlines without checking with anyone. He breeds an atmosphere of “cover your ass”. And how dysfunctional is a company that is ecstatic that the CEO is out of the office? No one wants him there, we all walk on eggshells.
Sad thing is he thinks he’s this great motivator. His VPs don’t want to even manage people. How are you a VP and not able to manage people? I want that job.
Biggest issue I have with him is that he believes if he can’t understand it, then it has to be wrong. No!!! If you don’t understand then we need to make sure you do before saying it’s wrong. It’s not wrong by default. How this guy ever made it to this position I do not know. I could go on for days ranting about him. So suffice to say I think I made a mistake.
I know I should be lucky to have a job in this economy. My previous employer has done some layoffs and who knows if I would have been part of those. I’m really frustrated that I jumped at the first opportunity and didn’t see this coming. My friends tell me I couldn’t have seen it and not to beat myself up over it, but I can’t help myself in that regard. I’m also frustrated that I’m not in the financial position to just quit. I guess not many would be but again I think it’s something I did to myself.
Enough of that, I’m trying to maintain a positive outlook while I look for a new opportunity somewhere else.
Maybe I’ll get lucky and he’ll get hit by a bus.
Or I’ll get truly lucky and win the lottery.
January 13, 2009
I haven’t been checking in too often but today I decided to revisit “The Real Me”. It’s been nearly a year and half since I posted my thoughts on John Lovell and I’m still the number 2 entry on Google for his name.
That is pretty darn cool.
November 3, 2008
I really wish I could find the time to update this more, but it hasn’t happened.
Anyways…
Tomorrow, vote. Do us all a favor and think about who you’re voting for. I’ve asked this before but tomorrow it matters. Do not vote for someone because your party tells you to. Vote for the person you really think will change things for the better. All I can ask is that you think for yourselves tomorrow and not for your party. This isn’t a game, your team does not win anything. It’s about giving someone influence over you and your family’s life.
July 16, 2008
There is no one in baseball who I am more happier for than JD Drew. Last year I was not liking Mr. Drew. This year all the hope of last year is being shown. All around seems like a nice guy having a great year.
The NY fans showed the nation how truly class-less they are when the starting Red Sox players were announced. I don’t recall Boston showing the same contempt for Yankee players in 1999. NY needs to get over the fact that the Sox have been fortunate in the past 4 years and concentrate on their own team issues.
June 26, 2008
i was getting ready to go to work the other day and my daughter asked my wife, “Where’s Daddy going?”. My wife told her that he’s going to work. To which my daughter said, “but it’s summer vacation? He supposed to be with us.”. As a father that was great to hear. She wanted me home to enjoy their summer break with them as a family. Nearly brought a tear to my eye. Sometimes you forget the impact you have on your children. And even though they turn to their mother first, they still want to be with me. Now if I can only hit the lottery and actually stay home with them while they’re young.
June 12, 2008
OK sometimes a so-so movie makes an impact on me. This time it was Evan Almighty. I only watched it because I like Steve Carrell. Well the point of the movie is God wanted this guy to build an ARK. And it all comes down to is an ARK is one Act of Random Kindness.
It is a great message buried in a so-so movie.
Be nice to each other. Why is this so hard to do?
June 2, 2008
Sometimes you don’t realize how lucky you are. I was getting gas today ($3.93/gallon) and looked over at the day care center across the street. Several cars stopped and dropped off their little children. Young. Maybe 4 and under. I feel very fortunate that my wife was able to stay home when our children were that young. She could have worked, but what would our children have missed out on. The money would have been great but there is no amount that would cover what my children would have missed.
May 16, 2008
OK the economy sucks, gas prices are sky high and foreclosure rates are unheard of, so what does Arlon Specter focus on: Football.
Who the hell cares? How does this really affect me and my family and 99.8% of the rest of the US population? I mean come on. Do our government agencies have nothing better to focus in on?
May 13, 2008
OK so last year I coached a “coach” pitch team and now I’m an assistant coach for a “minors” team. Essentially the kids pitch but cannot walk the batter, the batter’s coach calls balls and strikes on his kids, and at 4 balls the batter’s coach steps in and pitches till the batter is out or hits into play. You meet alot of interesting people coaching other teams and I tell you most of them are trying to compensate for something in their life. I’m out there trying to get the players to understand what they are supposed to do. Where they should be playing, what base is the play too, hitting the cutoff, better yet what is the cutoff man.
Don’t get me wrong, some coaches are great too, but it takes only one to totally piss you off. Today we played the league commissioner’s team. It went pretty well but man-o-man I’m not sure I’d like him to coach my kid. Anyways, we were down 7-3 and our team did great and came back to tie the game. The commish asks if we have time for another inning and we’re like sure. Well we play the top of the inning his team scores 2 more times and then being the commish, he calls the game after the half inning. So tell me what I tell me kids? I know we’re not supposed to keep score, but the kids do. So tomorrow when they go to school and the other team, and you know they will, starts in with the “we won” talk, what do I tell my kids. I’m not saying we would have won, but we didn’t even get a chance for our team to try.
It’s this crap that makes people not want to get involved with coaching. This commish had the heart of his line-up coming up and he knew they would hit (and they did). AAARRRRGGGHHHHH, it’s frustrating.
May 13, 2008
Nothing much to say today, so we’ll leave it a plain and simple, “Good Morning!”
