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Being really good at something can be a curse. Look at A-ROD, he can’t even play poker or hang out with Madonna without causing a stir. I remember playing in a different little league with the same coaches and some of the same teammates (lifelong friends even today). We were dominating the league when we ended up playing the last place team, an easy win with an ace pitcher on the mound. What we did not realize at the time is that the opposing coach (a family friend) had his oldest son umpiring the game. Well, to make a long story short we could not buy a strike and completely got robbed. THIS IS ACTUALLY A REALLY AMUSING STORY IF YOU EVER HAVE TIME, I WILL GLADLY RE-TELL IT. It was really embarrassing and to this day, the opposing coach and son, feel bad about what they did. Why did this happen?
We played with the same number of guys, used the same bats, the same balls and played on the same field. All we had been doing all season that was different was playing harder, practicing more and we were coached better. We used our skills to win! Was it fair to cheat and knowingly be deceitful? Where do you draw the line when it comes to playing fair and being honest?
How do you handle it when the “corporate police” of your company are the rule breakers and are setting a bad example by lying and trying to steal. By the way if you Google this famous restaurant Chain, you will see ALL THE LAWSUITS that have made the news. So, I guess this is my fault for attempting to work with an organization like this. Here is what happened, any advice?
About 3 months ago, I knew this company had a Director of Compensation and Benefits job open, One of my favorite searches, we are really good at this! After a few calls, I got a return call suggesting that we present a candidate if we had someone. So I presented an A+ candidate from a similar company in the same industry, a dead on match. The Corp recruiter at this company ( we all know how I feel about incompetent corp recruiter) made an excuse that his title was too much (what does that mean?). Now for the thousands of people who are unemployed, I AM SORRY. This is just one of the many rejects who are preventing good people from getting hired. Now, if we fast forward to the present few weeks, I find out that the Corp recruiter is phone interviewing this very candidate. This candidate and I maintained a good relationship so he called me to tell me. Well, since I cannot keep my mouth shut, I called her! After listening to her for a few minutes trying to defend her dishonesty and stupidity, I had to chime in with a few comments .
The conversation did not end well, but I just don’t get why she had to try and steal the candidate. I have all the emails saved of our previous conversations and everything documented. Why not do the right thing and change the way you are perceived just not locally but also Nationally with all the lawsuits. It was a great opportunity to build a relationship and maybe even get the job filled which has been vacant for a very long time. We did everything we were asked and did it with a smile. Just like the dirty umpire from little league, this Corp recruiter tried to play dirty.
The kicker to this story is that the only other Compensation person in that group left because she was so unhappy and not challenged. How did she leave….courtesy of SEARCH SOLUTION GROUP.
So work hard and play fair just like in little league and good things will happen!!
Gnozzo Knows 
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