Moving On Up
When I was hired for my job I was told that within a year or so my grandboss would be retiring and my boss would be moving into his position and I would begin to take on more of my boss’ role. A year or so came and went, and while the grandboss talked of retirement, nothing ever came of it. Then around last October, the grandboss started making some serious comments about leaving at the end of the year. Unfortunately the economy, and his 401k, took a serious downturn and he came to us and said he would be staying a little longer. A few more months passed and my department just started assuming he’d be there forever. Then one day at the beginning of March, out of the blue, he announced that he would be leaving April 1st.
At first we were skeptical that this was some elaborate April fool’s day joke, but surprisingly it was the real deal. The grandboss moved out, the boss moved up, and got a little bit of a raise, an office and a little more responsibility.
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