apollo24
06-26-2006, 05:12 PM
I recently moved back to my hometown to take a position and turned down a good offer in my former city to do so. The President at the time promised me XYZ salary and commission based on the success of a couple key accounts that I was to be over. It sounded great- being over marketing and national sales accounts for a firm with 350 employees, $95 million/yr in sales. A week after moving here that President left to go work for our competition!!!
Anyway, I came to find out that those two key accounts were still being negotiated. Bottom line is that one went to our competitor (where former Pres is now their Pres). The other isn't really moving and isn't worth my time. I also handle our marketing company-wide.
My boss, our V.P., has been telling me that "they would take care of me and renegotiate my compensation based on the situation that happened." Well, today we (CEO/owner, new Pres and myself- my boss is out of town) sat down and they basically told me that they weren't going to do anything because they didn't pay people that much and that the former Pres. shouldn't have made those commitments.
Enter new President two weeks ago. With him came his son, who immediately got a created position, son's friends, and now I have President's wife (who happens to know everything) telling me how to do my job because she was in advertising 15 years ago- seriously, she is coming in every other day and giving me suggestions and telling me that she doesn't like this or that and that we need new designers, etc. Unbelievable. What would you guys do? Remember, I moved back up here, bought a house, etc. for this job and turned down a really good one in doing so. At least its my hometown, otherwise I would probably come in here and triple-tap some skulls.
The funny thing is that the new President actually suggested that I apply for his old job (Pres. of another firm that supplies to ours) today since I was so professional and have such an experienced background.
Should I bide my time, play by the rules and start looking for another opportunity? What else is there to do?
Geez.
Anyway, I came to find out that those two key accounts were still being negotiated. Bottom line is that one went to our competitor (where former Pres is now their Pres). The other isn't really moving and isn't worth my time. I also handle our marketing company-wide.
My boss, our V.P., has been telling me that "they would take care of me and renegotiate my compensation based on the situation that happened." Well, today we (CEO/owner, new Pres and myself- my boss is out of town) sat down and they basically told me that they weren't going to do anything because they didn't pay people that much and that the former Pres. shouldn't have made those commitments.
Enter new President two weeks ago. With him came his son, who immediately got a created position, son's friends, and now I have President's wife (who happens to know everything) telling me how to do my job because she was in advertising 15 years ago- seriously, she is coming in every other day and giving me suggestions and telling me that she doesn't like this or that and that we need new designers, etc. Unbelievable. What would you guys do? Remember, I moved back up here, bought a house, etc. for this job and turned down a really good one in doing so. At least its my hometown, otherwise I would probably come in here and triple-tap some skulls.
The funny thing is that the new President actually suggested that I apply for his old job (Pres. of another firm that supplies to ours) today since I was so professional and have such an experienced background.
Should I bide my time, play by the rules and start looking for another opportunity? What else is there to do?
Geez.