Opportunity to Grow

Today was the first anniversary of when I was fired from a gig I'd had for a decade. And that I was damned good at, if I do say so.

I was traduced by a child I'd mistaken for an adult. The betrayal was then reinforced by a sociopathic Ken Doll who had been itching to get rid of me for about five years because of his own insecurities. And by a CEO who treasures the fear of his employees, who says 'terminations are a good motivator.'

Oh, and by the fact they were about to try outsourcing my gig to India. Which didn't work, but the mentality of the so-called leadership at TradeNet is such that if they didn't try stunts like that, they wouldn't know if the job was actually worth more than $4 an hour.

Yeah, I'm still bitter about it. Even though I'm in a much better gig in a lot of ways, it wasn't a change I chose. The euphemism I remember from my management days was 'given an opportunity to grow.' Would that all people who think shit-canning someone on false pretense with no unemployment and no severance can be called an opportunity to grow would be given the chance to spend more time with their families.