I was once told by a manager during an end of year review to take my brain out and to put it on a peg when I walk into the office in the morning and leave it there until I went home. He said I didn’t need to think to do my job (even though I was responsible for strategic partnerships across EMEA). In reality he was trying to ‘clip my wings’. I felt sorry for him. I wondered whether I would become like that one day if I stayed in that company. Like Adam, I decide to take a different path and have been on an amazing journey ever since.
Utterly ridiculous. These people have disproportionate power and not always the intellect to wield it wisely. Or usefully. Good you ignored it and did something more productive with your life.
I was once told by a manager during an end of year review to take my brain out and to put it on a peg when I walk into the office in the morning and leave it there until I went home. He said I didn’t need to think to do my job (even though I was responsible for strategic partnerships across EMEA). In reality he was trying to ‘clip my wings’. I felt sorry for him. I wondered whether I would become like that one day if I stayed in that company. Like Adam, I decide to take a different path and have been on an amazing journey ever since.
Utterly ridiculous. These people have disproportionate power and not always the intellect to wield it wisely. Or usefully. Good you ignored it and did something more productive with your life.