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Re: off topic....Boss at work.....
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Posted by Paul in Mich on June 03, 2004 at 19:43:39 from (68.188.227.110):
In Reply to: off topic....Boss at work..... posted by kentuckykid on June 02, 2004 at 18:55:54:
Kentuckykid, First of all, your boss has a problem that he will never admit to. When he says you aren't doing a good enough job, in all actuality, he is'nt doing a good enough job himself. Here's why. Any "Good" boss would never ever make a statement like that without telling you exactly why he feels you aren't doing a good job, and what he expects you to do to improve your performance. A Good boss will let you know up front what he percieves as your shortcommings, and why he feels you aren't doing a good job. There is absolutely no way you can improve your performance if you don't know what you are doing wrong in the first place. That is your boss's job to communicate that to you, and not simply say you arent doing a good enough job. That is totally unaccptable. Now that we have that settled, here's exactly what I would do. You have every reason to believe that he plans to fire you as soon as he can find someone to take your place, maybe even sooner, so why would you allow that to happen? You can be passive and get eaten alive there or you can be the one who is proactive. What I would do in your case is to ask for a short meeting in private with your boss to discuss something very important. Do not tell him what it is before he gives you five minutes of his time. Once you are in his office, (make sure that your eyes are above his......do not sit where he is looking down on you) immediately tell him that you have to have a raise to continue working there. Don't tell him you want a raise, but that you have to have a raise to continue working there. Tell him that with your technical schooling, and experience, that you realize that you have been working for him for far too little pay, and benefits, and you feel you deserve a significant raise. You know he is going to deny you, since he has already put up the help wanted sign, so you then tell him that since he is not willing to pay you what you are worth, that you can no longer work for him. You tell him that you are much to valuable a mechanic to be languishing in a shop for sub-standard compensation, and that you have other places that recognize your value. That gives you a sound reason to walk out. YOu haven't lost a thing since you are going to be fired anyway. This way, he can't say he fired you. If he does, he is setting himself up for some serious legal issues. Being fired is not the end of the world, especially if you don't know its comming, but since you do know its comming, why become dead meat. You be in control of how you leave.
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