Reply #65: Happened to me back in October, 2005 [View All]

[chemenger]

It came as a complete shock to me. I was told that I didn't have the level of experience that they were led to believe I had. I was pretty angry at first but then I decided to postpone looking for another position until after the holidays and use the off-time to do some personal re-evaluation. During that time I realized that my firing was very likely politically motivated (as I was located in a satellite office and butted heads with a major league ass-wipe in the main office who had the president's and vice president's ears). And as for the lack of experience, I realized what bullshit that was since I successfully completed the technical aspects for two major projects for a client. The client's problems began only after I was gone.

I also realized that I was underselling myself. I started asking for substantially more in terms of annual salary and getting it.

Which only proved something my wife often said ... "He who shits on you is not necessarily your enemy."

So, to hell with the president of the company. Use your co-workers (technicians, engineers and managers) as references and ask for more money. You might be surprised.