These guys get a sense of entitlement and think they are God’s gift to their employer. Unfortunately for them, they are the only ones with that opinion.
In the case of the BIL, they were going to PAY HIM while he learned. Almost nobody trains employees anymore. But, instead of grabbing this opportunity, he sticks his nose in the air, picks up his ball, and marches home. What he doesn’t realize is that at his age, this may very well have been his last time at bat.
And this guy thinks he and his ilk are entitled to run the world.
“These guys get a sense of entitlement and think they are Gods gift to their employer. Unfortunately for them, they are the only ones with that opinion.”
I’ve seen that before. Usually they end up bouncing from job to job, never happy where they are.
In my experience they seem to think they can always do the job/run the company better than the people hired to run the outfit.
At one time there were a lot of laid off middle aged men who got into trucking because their jobs had been eliminated and the money in trucking looked good.
Too many of them had all the answers to questions that no one was asking. They were also sure of their intellectual prowess and moral superiority.
Most of them didn’t last a full year they either switched companies or went home.
A few learned the ropes, adapted to the life and had a good time and made money.
There was one guy, a FLAMING liberal in his early 50’s, that came to the company I was with.
A year later he had his equally liberal wife as his permanent rider.
Two years later they were converted to conservatism. Nothing like the real world to change peoples perspective.
Once you pass 50 the opportunities are few and far between.
If you are 50+ and have a job you should do whatever it takes to keep it.
At 60 just about every door is closed. Your application isn’t even considered.
People like your BIL can’t see opportunity because of the problems they create for themselves.
They are also the LEAST able people to run the country.