>>By the way, it was the fifth time I won that sales competition. The only other person to win it more than I did was fired six months later. He was as surprised as I was.<<
I have never understood how that kind of thing happens. As a manger, I have always said “my job is to remove barriers so my people can do their work unfettered.” I live that. But I never understood managers who seem to live by “my job is to have you make me look good.”
Maybe I am naive and will be forever...
My entire point is that there are whole segments of the economy and the country that have dried up. Most people can not move for a job, or if they did they would be bankrupted because they couldn't sell their home. Or their wive works and that job is the life line for the family.
It is tough out there, I understand that you are doing well, however many many people who have never had problems with work before are absolutely devastated and mentally in anguish. Their are many people who are now being forced to tell their children things that children shouldn't have to hear.
The last thing that these people need is to be told that their situation is their fault and that they are lazy if they don't excel.
It is just harsh, and not very nice.