Way back when I started out in IT, I had a job as Junior admin for the callcenter and two distribution centers of this multinational company.
The call center and distribution center were in Belgium, the second distribution center was right across the border from the call center, in Germany.
So, because I was stationed at the call center, the call center manager considered himself my boss and because I was stationed at the distribution center in Belgium, the distribution center manager in Belgium considered himself my boss and because I was stationed at the distribution center in Germany, the distribution center manager in Germany considered himself my boss.
That makes 3.
But, since I was stationed at the call center and trained to program the call center phonesystem, the European manager for the phone systems considered himself my boss.
That makes 4.
But since I was a Junior Admin, the Belgian AND German IT department managers considered themselves my boss.
That makes 6.
But since I worked for both Belgian and German locations, the European IT department director considered themselves my boss.
That makes 7.
But, because I was working there when HQ in the US was updating all IT infrastructure in Europe, the US IT manager and Internation IT directors considered themselves my boss.
That makes 9.
I was fired for taking tasks by hierarchy and not jumping to do what the manager of the German distribution center told me to do.
And only reason this was possible is because, since I worked in both Belgian and German locations and had to travel to the UK and Spain for the network upgrades directed by the US IT department, I was actually internally in the company officially part of the consultants/sales department, because they were the only ones that had specific travel reimbursement structures, that would allow the company to reimburse me for my international travel.
That makes 10.
And the manager of that department? The German distribution center managers wife.
I was so goddamn stressed working there I went from having a full head of hair to having a full bald head with some fluff on the sides.
That’s also when I swore to never work as an employee for a multinational or US company ever again.
I have worked for many as a consultant, but always on my terms and stipulating in the contract there’s one single person in that company that can assign tasks to me.
Translated: Bosses don’t know how to pretend to add any actual value to the workflow of their employees when they aren’t constantly looming over them.
“And here’s something else, Bob. I have eight different bosses right now.”
Way back when I started out in IT, I had a job as Junior admin for the callcenter and two distribution centers of this multinational company.
The call center and distribution center were in Belgium, the second distribution center was right across the border from the call center, in Germany.
So, because I was stationed at the call center, the call center manager considered himself my boss and because I was stationed at the distribution center in Belgium, the distribution center manager in Belgium considered himself my boss and because I was stationed at the distribution center in Germany, the distribution center manager in Germany considered himself my boss.
That makes 3.
But, since I was stationed at the call center and trained to program the call center phonesystem, the European manager for the phone systems considered himself my boss.
That makes 4.
But since I was a Junior Admin, the Belgian AND German IT department managers considered themselves my boss.
That makes 6.
But since I worked for both Belgian and German locations, the European IT department director considered themselves my boss.
That makes 7.
But, because I was working there when HQ in the US was updating all IT infrastructure in Europe, the US IT manager and Internation IT directors considered themselves my boss.
That makes 9.
I was fired for taking tasks by hierarchy and not jumping to do what the manager of the German distribution center told me to do.
And only reason this was possible is because, since I worked in both Belgian and German locations and had to travel to the UK and Spain for the network upgrades directed by the US IT department, I was actually internally in the company officially part of the consultants/sales department, because they were the only ones that had specific travel reimbursement structures, that would allow the company to reimburse me for my international travel.
That makes 10.
And the manager of that department? The German distribution center managers wife.
I was so goddamn stressed working there I went from having a full head of hair to having a full bald head with some fluff on the sides.
That’s also when I swore to never work as an employee for a multinational or US company ever again.
I have worked for many as a consultant, but always on my terms and stipulating in the contract there’s one single person in that company that can assign tasks to me.