Hi,
Let me tell you an incident that happened with my friend.That poor guy had the misfortune of forwarding a story in which it says monkeys who sits on lowest branches of a tree when they look up at the monkeys sitting up at the top branches all they are able to see of them is their b**s & a** hole.
Naturally, my poor friend got the royal screw up his a**.
So don't worry start yr life afresh.Return co's assets. it is wrong to keep them until some clause in agreement has given you the ownership or pay for the assets if it is acceptable.Ask for an exit interview if you have a fair HR.
And remember, some day you will be a boss too and there will be monkeys sitting on branches below you looking up!Cheers!
From India, Delhi
12Let me tell you an incident that happened with my friend.That poor guy had the misfortune of forwarding a story in which it says monkeys who sits on lowest branches of a tree when they look up at the monkeys sitting up at the top branches all they are able to see of them is their b**s & a** hole.
Naturally, my poor friend got the royal screw up his a**.
So don't worry start yr life afresh.Return co's assets. it is wrong to keep them until some clause in agreement has given you the ownership or pay for the assets if it is acceptable.Ask for an exit interview if you have a fair HR.
And remember, some day you will be a boss too and there will be monkeys sitting on branches below you looking up!Cheers!
From India, Delhi
DEAR SUNSHINE
My sincere advise to you, please move on with peace in your mind. As I could see you are hard working, intelligent and positive and have done fine for the Company. However, the present case was never yours. As you yourself admit that the lead was given by your Boss, the TM was his close friend and they had good rapport - you only did the legwork and prepared the case for your boss. It was more of supporting role which you did admirably. It also seems that you relied more for you boss's connection and reference then anything else for this account.
As regards, his sidelining you, well that is not intriguing as he wanted to corner the glory for a big account for himself. In my view you should not have resigned since it does not affect the company but may affect you individually. This situation may come even in your new job. Remain in the system and fight till you have better option outside or opportunity to give one back to the fellow. Never quit like this.
Ravi Thakur
VP Corporate - CS
From India, New Delhi
My sincere advise to you, please move on with peace in your mind. As I could see you are hard working, intelligent and positive and have done fine for the Company. However, the present case was never yours. As you yourself admit that the lead was given by your Boss, the TM was his close friend and they had good rapport - you only did the legwork and prepared the case for your boss. It was more of supporting role which you did admirably. It also seems that you relied more for you boss's connection and reference then anything else for this account.
As regards, his sidelining you, well that is not intriguing as he wanted to corner the glory for a big account for himself. In my view you should not have resigned since it does not affect the company but may affect you individually. This situation may come even in your new job. Remain in the system and fight till you have better option outside or opportunity to give one back to the fellow. Never quit like this.
Ravi Thakur
VP Corporate - CS
From India, New Delhi
Hi Sunshine,
I do not appreciate your decision & let me be slightly blunt, to say so. However, it would be easy for me advise so, without having experienced the pain & heat of the real situation, that you might undergone.
One firm belief & practice I always enforce to my team members & anybody, for that matter is 'DO NOT QUIT, IF YOU ARE NOT WRONG'. I know it reads slightly ideological, but it indeed works mostly.
If I were you, I would have created max possible noise, highest level of escalation & fight back, within the set decorum & org guidelines; also would have gathered all possible evidences to substantiate your side of the story (say, the eMails you shared with your boss & other relevant inputs of the same sort)
Now look at this point, if this approach of yours would have failed, at worse, you would have lost the job, which is the status now as well. But you would have felt less frustration & pain and your ex-Boss would have lost significant amount of credibility. Also, he would have come under the scanner of his boss & other management layers, which is detrimental to his career. Evenif you would have given a hint of this kind of action or any escalation with the Ombuds, a wise boss would have settled the issue off-line, giving you some other consideration, which you would have had a choice to choose. You know why, he can't affoard to lose a battle, with 10-12 years of his experience to your 1.5 odd years.
I don't mind empathising with you, but that would not fix the issue. Industry is very big & fairly dynamic. Get into another job & importantly, without any preconcieved mindset. Good Luck.
UAP
From India
I do not appreciate your decision & let me be slightly blunt, to say so. However, it would be easy for me advise so, without having experienced the pain & heat of the real situation, that you might undergone.
One firm belief & practice I always enforce to my team members & anybody, for that matter is 'DO NOT QUIT, IF YOU ARE NOT WRONG'. I know it reads slightly ideological, but it indeed works mostly.
If I were you, I would have created max possible noise, highest level of escalation & fight back, within the set decorum & org guidelines; also would have gathered all possible evidences to substantiate your side of the story (say, the eMails you shared with your boss & other relevant inputs of the same sort)
Now look at this point, if this approach of yours would have failed, at worse, you would have lost the job, which is the status now as well. But you would have felt less frustration & pain and your ex-Boss would have lost significant amount of credibility. Also, he would have come under the scanner of his boss & other management layers, which is detrimental to his career. Evenif you would have given a hint of this kind of action or any escalation with the Ombuds, a wise boss would have settled the issue off-line, giving you some other consideration, which you would have had a choice to choose. You know why, he can't affoard to lose a battle, with 10-12 years of his experience to your 1.5 odd years.
I don't mind empathising with you, but that would not fix the issue. Industry is very big & fairly dynamic. Get into another job & importantly, without any preconcieved mindset. Good Luck.
UAP
From India
In my opinion, you should grow a pair!
Everyone of us has had a bitch for a boss.
Look at it this way:
The boss was an idiot. He stole your ideas and took credit for your work. (Sounds like some of the most famous businessmen out there! Steve Jobs for example. It happens at every level, my friend)
The longer you lasted under a boss like that, the worse it would have been for you.
In the initial stages of your career, don't worry about getting credit and getting paid as much as you should be worried about learning stuff.
Without even knowing it, you've gotten a hardcore lesson in office politics at this firm and believe me, you won't realize it now, but it will certainly help a great deal in the long run.
What you learned from this job is a lot more valuable that what you earned from it.
From India, Mumbai
Everyone of us has had a bitch for a boss.
Look at it this way:
The boss was an idiot. He stole your ideas and took credit for your work. (Sounds like some of the most famous businessmen out there! Steve Jobs for example. It happens at every level, my friend)
The longer you lasted under a boss like that, the worse it would have been for you.
In the initial stages of your career, don't worry about getting credit and getting paid as much as you should be worried about learning stuff.
Without even knowing it, you've gotten a hardcore lesson in office politics at this firm and believe me, you won't realize it now, but it will certainly help a great deal in the long run.
What you learned from this job is a lot more valuable that what you earned from it.
From India, Mumbai
Community Support and Knowledge-base on business, career and organisational prospects and issues - Register and Log In to CiteHR and post your query, download formats and be part of a fostered community of professionals.
1.Be a Better Boss and not a Bitter Boss.doc