On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:21:58 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> And five minutes ago, I got a phone call telling my that... my boss...
>>> no longer works for this company. O_O
>> 
>> Clearly either you weren't the only one having problems with him....or
>> he found another job and gave his notice - and they gave him an
>> immediate vacation.
> 
> Nope. As far as I can tell, they just wanted to save some money.
> 
> The guy in question clearly had no idea this was coming from the tone of
> the emails I got from him the day before. Just normal day-to-day stuff.
> And a few hours later *poof*, gone.

That's often the case.  I had a boss who was sacked for incompetence, and 
he didn't find out until after lunch when he was escorted from the 
building.  Had discussions with a vendor (who had flown in) earlier in 
the day, even.

> As I say, as far as I can tell, nobody was upset with him, they just
> wanted to reduce the payroll bill...

There may well have been something going on that just wasn't apparent 
from that far away.  This could be a good thing for you. :-)

Jim

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