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My ex-boss

本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛My ex-boss

Today is my ex-boss’ 25 anniversary at my current company. Hard to imagine so many years have gone by. He was the nicest, smartest and funniest man I have ever met, with all the honesty and integrity you can expect from a person at work. And may be it was just that honesty and integrity that hindered his own success – if success is measured by power and money.

I still remember my first day in the office after a 5-week long orientation. Everything was new. And there was this guy, looking exactly like the host of the early years’ American Funniest Home video. He made all the jokes and you can see people truly liked him.

He was not a manager then. After a short chat, he asked for a lunch the next day. When I came to his desk, he left me a note on his desk saying he was terribly sorry but he was having an important meeting and asked for a rain check. Well, I was just a new guy with a low profile. Nobody really cared. I felt fine. But in the afternoon, I got a phone call from him, apologizing and asked for another lunch the next day. Then we went to a Chinese restaurant across the street. I did not know until much later that he has a severe allergy to many food product and had a number of near death experience. Usually he just ate carrots as his lunch.

I was such a reserved person - have even fewer words than most Asian people. My English was poor, I could not make small talks with all the sales and managers. My first customer project was close to a disaster – the token ring to Ethernet migration thing left many scars on my back. My technical skills were never in the top ranks – I never had a chance to lead any major implementations or RFP response. My only strength was honesty and integrity. I keep my words, never bull shit.

He put so much faith in me that some times made me wonder if he trusted the wrong guy. Many years later, he told me that, after our first 10 minutes conversation, he was convinced that I was the right guy. He gained my total trust totally and I did not let him down. That long-gone practice was a success and we doubled the revenue stream year over year, until the re-org.

Today, I was the only employee sitting in the table. I am his friend, he is my mentor.更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
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  • 工作学习 / 事业与工作 / My ex-boss
    • 老猫英文很好,还很谦虚,赞。
      • 不敢。 呵呵
        • "Today, I was the only employee sitting in the table." Do not get it this one.
          • Due to the current business environment, non-managers can't eat free lunch. LOL.
            • 英文中介词做能体现一个人水平。sit IN the table. 你都不知道别人再说你什么,还傻乎乎的回。
              • Thats right.. I was wondering.. LOL...
    • re-org? scary words.
      • 胜利果实被瓜分的时刻
    • time for you to find a new position.
    • 好文 ! 很见感情色彩的说 ~~
    • 写的挺不错的,老猫也是性情中人
    • "we went to a Chinese restaurant across the street" .... Metro Square? I worked with IBM for 4 years (2004-2008). It was a great experience working over there ... but missed the chance to know 老猫. *L*
      • The restaurant was at the same place as today's 半亩园. That was in 2000.
        • 当时是不是叫锦江饭店? 在那里出过一个笑话, 99年.
          • 什么笑话?
    • 请原谅我的出言不逊:有没有怀疑过你经理爱上你了?
      • U turn the version to "My ex..."
      • nothing is impossible.
      • 呵呵,悠悠里呆的太久了? 你多虑了。我前经理的儿子和我女儿倒是很玩的来,当年一个8岁一个6岁,一见面就都钻桌子底下去了,半个小时不肯出来。
    • 英文都能写出这么漂亮的文句,厉害!
    • nice...you two have been lucky.......your friendship reminds me of a quote " A friend is like a flower -- a rose to be exact...".... u r his 'rose', aren't u...:D
    • 好文字
    • 25 years and only a manager? Is he bored? My manager has been with the company for 10 years and I found her bored and does not care any more. It is hard to keep the same passion for that long period of time.
      • Come on... A lot of people work on the same position for 35-40 years.
        • 那就再多干10年吧。
        • But do you know "a lot" of these people are not bored?
    • keywords: honesty and integrity, power and money, friendship. admiring fellowship at work.
    • 是不是谦虚呀,你的英文进步真快。
    • 好运气,好文字, 好心境
    • why it always sounds to me your modest words is conflicted by your confidence. could you find a way to mesh them together? ;) Anyways you thrived much better than me at work.
      • I am a modest man by nature...... and confident.
    • mao...mao...mao...mao......cool mao......bad mao......neutral mao............
      • missed me?
        • Have I told you so?
        • Never use past tense. Missing is a consistent emotional behavior.
          • oui, tu me manques!
            • abd gieg ioepp ejhkjrtlrtktgt!!
              • broken keyboard?
    • Life is just Hakuna Matata !
      • mao...mao...mao...mao......cool mao......bad mao......neutral mao............ mao...mao...mao...mao......cool mao......bad mao......neutral mao............
    • 想到自己平时吃饭那个挑,和这个经理比起来,他真的是很能照顾到他人。
      • I talked to some of his employees recently - they feel they are so luck to have such a good manager .
        • 能和这样好的人共事,老猫估计也是只好猫。
          • 是滴,好人碰到好人了。
        • Good article. --And may be it was just .. Should it be "maybe it was just "? --many food product.. many food products? --a number of near death experience..a number of near death experiences? Am I picky?
    • 感情丰富细腻
    • 英文到这水平,找工作绝对没问题了。比较牛X。要是让我写这样一篇文章,恐怕要一天的时间了。再加上错漏百出的语法和用词。