In my years of dealing with HR or being in an hiring position I think I’ve come across something similar to this only once — and if you knew the person who said it, it would totally make sense. They were a horse’s ass and they reveled in it.

Her statement was not an act of kindness or of tough love in a demanding environment. It was an opportunity to be on top. In other words, not being the one looking for work. Not being in your position and being the effect of what someone thinks of you. Of not having to ask others for a job.

Someone who takes advantage of a person’s vulnerability in order to elevate their own status is a real piece of work.

The irony in this is that, during a period of 10 years or so, when I was active in the Internet world, I frequently came across resumes where people stayed with a company for 3–6–9 months and thought nothing of it. That is, they thought nothing of it. When I asked why, they often said, “I got a better offer.”

Since when has 12 months become the benchmark for durability and excellence in the work world? It’s almost laughable that this amount of time would provide any indicator at all of how the person in front of her was going to work out.

Nah. This was personal. Plain and simple. Having power, even in small amounts, warps perspective. Years ago I worked in a building that had a hand-operated elevator and the man running it acted like the gatekeeper to Valhalla. He made you wait. Rode past your floor when no one was in the car. I had to laugh. It was his domain. All 92 square feet of it.

Keep on truckin’ Tim.