Road Guy
Well-known member
CSB- this is where the FB comment came from----- right before I left the County (GA) I was forced to promote someone who didn’t deserve it (this has nothing to do with you-just a story) but I objected and was over-ruled. There were 4 internal candidates. When I told the “winner’ that he had been selected I specifically told him do not say anything to anyone until I can let the other 4 candidates know they did not get the job (we really had no good candidates and I wanted to hire external but I was again overruled).
So I gave the guy this news at 5:30 PM one day, and then later that night I get some text from the other candidates that the guy had posted on FB ‘Just got a huge promotion!!!!!” essentially they said sarcasticall “thanks for letting me know AHOLE!”
Now this goes back to my primary rule never be FB friends with coworkers. So 2 of three individuals were fb friends and were obviously pissed that this is how they found out..
The next morning I gave my new direct report a written reprimand for failing to follow supervisors direction.
The director realized about 3 weeks after she had made me promote him that he was an ***** and when I left the county he quit about a month later because he was basically being made to look like a fool due to his incompetence.. he was promoted into an “at will” position and he had been told to find a new job quick…
Of course the ***** director never called to say “mike you were right”
For the record I wanted to promote a female engineer who was incredibly sharp, but just lacked sort of the “mean spirit’ you need to be a manager. I plead the case that I would rather work with someone with smarts who I could teach leadership skills to rather than a “*******”
So I gave the guy this news at 5:30 PM one day, and then later that night I get some text from the other candidates that the guy had posted on FB ‘Just got a huge promotion!!!!!” essentially they said sarcasticall “thanks for letting me know AHOLE!”
Now this goes back to my primary rule never be FB friends with coworkers. So 2 of three individuals were fb friends and were obviously pissed that this is how they found out..
The next morning I gave my new direct report a written reprimand for failing to follow supervisors direction.
The director realized about 3 weeks after she had made me promote him that he was an ***** and when I left the county he quit about a month later because he was basically being made to look like a fool due to his incompetence.. he was promoted into an “at will” position and he had been told to find a new job quick…
Of course the ***** director never called to say “mike you were right”
For the record I wanted to promote a female engineer who was incredibly sharp, but just lacked sort of the “mean spirit’ you need to be a manager. I plead the case that I would rather work with someone with smarts who I could teach leadership skills to rather than a “*******”
