Comment Re:You should quit when you have your next job.... (Score 1) 1245
I've actually told my current boss that I was looking for another job.
Our company restructured and we ended up with a small group of technical people reporting directly to a VP with absolutely no technical skills at all (and, in retrospect, not much business sense either). When I first told her that I didn't want to work in that situation, she was mad at me, but came back a few hours later and thanked me for being honest about it. She then proceeded to sell my skill set to other managers in the company and got me a better job in another department. Needless to say, I was quite shocked by this behavior. While I still don't think I'd want to work directly for her, my opinion of her went up as a result of this.
Since it was a dot-com, we all got laid off six months later anyway.
Our company restructured and we ended up with a small group of technical people reporting directly to a VP with absolutely no technical skills at all (and, in retrospect, not much business sense either). When I first told her that I didn't want to work in that situation, she was mad at me, but came back a few hours later and thanked me for being honest about it. She then proceeded to sell my skill set to other managers in the company and got me a better job in another department. Needless to say, I was quite shocked by this behavior. While I still don't think I'd want to work directly for her, my opinion of her went up as a result of this.
Since it was a dot-com, we all got laid off six months later anyway.
