Got2speakonlyfe

The fake “Hello”. The ladder of power. The struggle at times to keep your sanity in a seemingly fake environment. I put little energy into this crazy place, I pretty much talk the talk, wear the costume and put in no more effort than minimally required. I have seen wonderful people pursecuted by the man or the woman in my case and i have blocked out my emotions to a certain degree for my own good. But yersterday I had to truly be strong as my good friend and manager was laid off. Aaron if you are reading, i love you man. He has been here for years which has become quite a rarity. He created, perfected and maintained our department and handled all managerial duties. There are two team leads that work under Aaron and they do little to help. As for me,i am but a mere pawn by choice, i have worked so hard. With a promotion to human resources in near sight they gave me a pat on the back and a “thanks”. Because of my knee injury and time-off requests i was bypassed. I have done sales and made a killing, have done customer service and stopped people from sueing our wonderful company and I have done Human Resources and gave exceptionally worthy people a chance to thrive at a so-called reputable company. I am back on the phones now and I love it. No one to answer to, not bustin extra ass for the same dollar. Im just here. I have seen friends come and go for little or no reason and I have lost patience believing in our mission statement. They let Aaron go because of “workforce downsizing” but some of us veteran reps know what really happened. Team lead Sujey did not like that she had someone over her. There has been an ongoing power struggle and everyone has been caught in the midst of a dramatic tug of war scenario. I knew when Aaron’s calls were being pulled for calibrations, when his random lateness was being documented and when witnesses were called to sign off on his “rude behaviour” that this would happen. I sat in my cubicle AIMing my life away on a slow
Monday and I see a couple HR workers come through with boxes collecting his things. Minutes earlier i was conversing with my friend and bossman and throughout the warm
smiles and laughter I was thinking “What will he do when they fire him, I hope he will be okay”. I continued the convo, slightly confused to why I had those
negative thoughts. Now he is gone with no replacement. Work is piled up on an empty desk. They know without a raise in pay no one is here to help. They randomly choose
a proffesional-looking rep as a new team lead. God bless her soul. God bless us all as I endure yet another beautiful day in corporate paradise.

* This is completely true but to CMOA I must tell you that all characters and events in this blog entry (even those based on real people) are entirely fictional *

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