There's a lot of things that I'm 100% better at than the people three times my age that I work with.

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Nothing worse than someone everyone knows deserves major credit. Now the wonderful in-house operation was created by “that guy a few years ago. I wonder where he is now. Did he leave the company? I don’t remember…”

I’ll give it some time, then reach out with my proposal and see what they come back with. At the same time, I’ll keep applying to other roles and going through interviews. Interviewman AI help simplify the online interview process and saves a lot of time on heavy preparation.

About three years ago, I was working on a project that was a complete disaster. We were always missing deadlines, the quality was declining, and the vendor we were dealing with was constantly failing us. Overall, everyone's morale was in the gutter, and the company was losing about $1.2 million a year because of it.

I was new there and full of energy, so I decided to take a risk. I spent nights drafting a detailed proposal to bring the work entirely in-house. It went through several meetings with senior management, and about four months later, they approved it. My plan ended up saving the company around $800,000 a year. Honestly, I was proud that they listened to me and that I was able to make a real difference. But I received no recognition. I didn't even get a 'good job' email from my manager, which I found odd.

Forget about a bonus or even a word of thanks. They brought me into a meeting and told me that since the old project was winding down, my role was considered eliminated. They were giving the new version of the project to someone who wanted 'more leadership experience.' They told me this at the last minute, just before the new work was about to start, and I was essentially shelved for the sake of a guy who had been there for over 20 years and was friends with all the managers.

A few months later, they put me in a performance review with my manager, and he hit me with some nonsense about 'communication issues' and other vague complaints I had never heard anything about before. I refused to sign it, but it didn't make a difference. They fired me about six months later under the pretext of not meeting targets, which was, of course, a complete fabrication.

Has this happened to anyone else?