Wow! Today I was Fired
I was fixing a production problem that the Unix Admins hadn't remembered to fix after the last kernel update, and my Boss asked to see me. I asked him to hold on a second to make sure that I had the production systems back up and emails sent, and then I followed him. Right past his office.
I was going to say "You takin' me out back to whack me?", but as we turned the corner, it was clear that, in a way, that's exactly what he was doing. I was lead into the room with an HR lady with a folder, and it was clear - I was being fired! Wild.
The reason was lame - I was unhappy. He elaborated to say that eventually I was going to leave or they were going to have to fire me, so do it now and get it over with. Seems a little wild given that less than two weeks ago, I got a $75,000.00 bonus check. Hmmm… could it be that I was looking and they found out?
Seems so.
I had a lunch meeting with a friend - totally unrelated to the search, but it could have look suspicious. Also, a clumsy recruiter called me at work - bone-head move, but it could have exposed me. Also, there's the very real possibility that someone blabbed on me. The Chicago finance industry is tight-nit, and it's happened to me before, so I know it can happen.
So it goes. Thankfully, I have a few things to look at, and I'm sure I'll be employed soon, and that's OK with me. This was not the place for me long-term. Too many people that are in the wrong jobs.