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<blockquote data-quote="Blue Heeler" data-source="post: 3521468" data-attributes="member: 46613"><p>I got recruited by a large CPG (grocery foods) company to help them launch their first line of perishable products. They wanted me to move from AZ to their corporate office in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. I said "no" and thanked them. They called back a couple weeks later with more money and I again said "no". Another couple weeks go by and they offered more money and suggested Chicago. I had lived downtown before and love the city. We took their relo and moved to Illinois. </p><p></p><p>There about six months and they have a major sales meeing at a five star resort in Florida. For entertainment, they had Huey Lewis and the News one night and Jeff Dunham the second. Then they announced major restructure to "cut operating costs" and that people would be losing their jobs. I know they paid Lewis and his band $145,000 to perform a 45 minute set. We are at a hotel where a cup of coffee was $10. And they want to cut costs?!? The optics of this were numbing. </p><p></p><p>I look at my boss who is the #2 guy on the plantation and he says that I am OK. My job would not be cut because they just reached out to me and are paying me a ton of money to do something they did not have any expertise in. I didn't quite buy that and a few weeks later when we got back to the office, he asked me if I was a "team player" ... I said sure. He said, "Great, you job is moving to corporate hq in NJ." </p><p></p><p>I tell them "no" and they said fine, we will get you your separation papers which said that IF I wanted a $25,000 bonus, I would have to say that leaving the company was my doing. I told them to kiss my _____. THAT was a screwed up company. </p><p></p><p>That night I get home to have a recruiter call me about another opportunity that I ended up taking which eventually got us out of Illinois and down here to OK.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue Heeler, post: 3521468, member: 46613"] I got recruited by a large CPG (grocery foods) company to help them launch their first line of perishable products. They wanted me to move from AZ to their corporate office in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. I said "no" and thanked them. They called back a couple weeks later with more money and I again said "no". Another couple weeks go by and they offered more money and suggested Chicago. I had lived downtown before and love the city. We took their relo and moved to Illinois. There about six months and they have a major sales meeing at a five star resort in Florida. For entertainment, they had Huey Lewis and the News one night and Jeff Dunham the second. Then they announced major restructure to "cut operating costs" and that people would be losing their jobs. I know they paid Lewis and his band $145,000 to perform a 45 minute set. We are at a hotel where a cup of coffee was $10. And they want to cut costs?!? The optics of this were numbing. I look at my boss who is the #2 guy on the plantation and he says that I am OK. My job would not be cut because they just reached out to me and are paying me a ton of money to do something they did not have any expertise in. I didn't quite buy that and a few weeks later when we got back to the office, he asked me if I was a "team player" ... I said sure. He said, "Great, you job is moving to corporate hq in NJ." I tell them "no" and they said fine, we will get you your separation papers which said that IF I wanted a $25,000 bonus, I would have to say that leaving the company was my doing. I told them to kiss my _____. THAT was a screwed up company. That night I get home to have a recruiter call me about another opportunity that I ended up taking which eventually got us out of Illinois and down here to OK. [/QUOTE]
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