I smell deep bullshit at work.
The CEO appears to have become enamoured with my abilities and today cut the responsibilities of the Chief Operating Officer to nearly zero. Then he dropped tidbits to the rest of the team that he had done so, and was looking for someone new to lead the Operations of the Company...but never said a word to me.
Tonight I am being inundated with emails from the US And Australia asking me for guidance and direction in areas that are not within my responsibility.
If this dumbass CEO thinks I am just going to take on this responsibility without a substantial change in title and pay...he is sadly mistaken.
I will let him merrily make his checkerboard assumptions until he fully commits past the point of no return...and then drop the hammer on him.
You want me in this role? The price is 30% more than I make now and an agreement that you don’t get in my way. All of which will be backed by a 2 year contract that says I get paid for the full 2 years regardless of what happens...and if you breach the terms, I am released and you still pay.
He is playing checkers happily convinced he is a genius...I am playing chess and will destroy him at least 8 moves ahead of his next move. He has no idea that I am fully prepared to resign on a moments notice and won’t hesitate to do so.
The trick to hunting squirrels is to never let them know they are being hunted.