Re: Back again.... looking...

[Wade Courtney <wade -dot- courtney -at- gmail -dot- com>]

So, what do you say to a prospective employer when they ask why you were
let go?


On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:

> Not necessarily. Maybe one dysfunctional manager who knows employees won't
> and can't be perfect but he can't handle having to admit making a mistake.
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> Yes.  As I said, a dysfunctional organization maniesting itself in
> unrealistic expectations of "perfect" employees who will never make
> mistakes, require a learning.curve or otherwise by human.
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> -Gene Kim-Eng
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> On 12/16/2012 9:58 PM, Keith Hood wrote:
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> It is a reason - it's not a good reason and it's not an excuse, but it
> could be the rationale behind what happened. Someone may be playing CYA or
> just trying to salve their own bruised ego.  Too often, the root cause of
> hiring and firing decisions is somebody's personality.  Maybe the manager
> who said he wasn't meeting expectations was trying to deflect criticism of
> the manager's handling of the situation.  Crummy way to treat someone, but
> possible.
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