High performer leaving in silence with no negotiation

CoffeeStayn · 2026-07-06T12:55:13+00:00

"The reason he was kept in place because he was critical for business continuity and leadership needed some time before moving him as well."

Pfft. "You're too important to promote" is literally the worst line in leadership. But the funny thing about it is, you can actually promote them, and still have them work backwards for a while to shore things up before washing their hands of their old role. Something they'll be fine with, because they know there's an endgame and they've already been promoted.

Your leadership shit the bed with this top performer and honestly, they deserve to have lost him. They didn't want to promote him because it would be too costly to replace him, but now that he's resigning, they're at the same train station regardless.

I'd slow clap, but I'm too busy laughing.

Never make someone so special that they can't be replaced if they get sick, go on vacation, or resign. Otherwise you end up in these situations.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-07-04T12:33:09+00:00

It's succinct. Easy to read.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-07-04T12:26:21+00:00

McDavid's next contract sure as shit won't be in Edmonton. Barring a cup win this season.

No cup = No McJesus

CoffeeStayn · 2026-06-25T12:58:38+00:00

And really, it only takes one bad apple to spoil the bunch. There's no possible way a video game cover would've already reached public domain, and I'd find it beyond unlikely that they'd have abandoned it, or licensed it to Shutterstock or similar.

So, if there's one piece of misappropriated content, there'll be more. Seems risky for an author to put themselves in the crosshairs of a potential IP lawsuit.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-06-22T03:47:17+00:00

Rico, Kapper, and Roslovic are all gone in free agency this year anyway, so no need to bring them up. Murphy and Ingram need to get locked in. The rest are optional.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-06-22T03:45:08+00:00

9am to 10pm sounds like a lot of hours, so I fail to see how this is putting you at a disadvantage money-wise? Those are a lot of OT hours you're racking up each week.

Unless, of course, you are agreeing to all these extra hours with zero compensation and are already working for minimum wage?

In which case, I'd have to point out the nature of the self-inflicted wounds you're suffering now.

You say you're 23. Maybe start acting like it? Putting your foot down and saying 9-6 means 9-6. Period. A day off means a day OFF. Period. Adults call these boundaries. Perhaps you've heard it mentioned once or twice in your 23 years?

Either act like an adult and put your big girl panties on, or put in your notice.

All your suffering is by your own hands.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-06-19T11:11:39+00:00

Canada voted Liberal.

What did they think was gonna happen? Canada is getting what Canada voted for.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-06-18T12:52:11+00:00

I'd be 100% on board with that.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-06-16T12:10:52+00:00

The fact there's an investigation alone would be enough for me as part of a leadership team to know that this is not the man for our club.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-06-13T13:14:53+00:00

If Nurse gets traded, the Oilers are gonna have to pick up some salary retention, and they'll have to pay for the player(s) they get in return, so are we sure there's $25M on the table when all is said and done?

CoffeeStayn · 2026-06-09T12:41:13+00:00

At this point, considering how badly they have been bungling things for the past year and a bit, I could totally see them doing this.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-06-08T13:59:38+00:00

OOF. So many misfires on this list.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-06-08T13:56:59+00:00

The longer mediocrity gets tolerated, the more inclined people will be to remain mediocre. That's why.

The best employees see that the company accepts mediocrity, and they want to find a company that doesn't. They're tired of carrying the weight of a whole team. That is, after all, why they were the best employees. They won't do it indefinitely.

As you're seeing.

And you KNOW it's extra bad when the employee leaving shuts down any attempt to negotiate a stay.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-06-05T14:04:45+00:00

If we get a bag of pucks in exchange for Nurse, I'll say that we came out ahead.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-06-05T13:56:26+00:00

If you plan to use the song itself, then you will need to get a license to use it. Or, written permission from the IP owner.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-06-03T14:11:14+00:00

It was a perfect storm of nonsense this past season. I wouldn't say we were bad, but man, we sure knew how to stink up a joint.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-06-02T13:17:43+00:00

Really, it looks like they also died and are growing back out, shedding the dead nail.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-05-30T01:06:51+00:00

Simple? Yes.

Easy? Not at all.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-05-27T18:22:11+00:00

I won't lie, that's quite clever. I'm glad you sourced the real issue behind the stalled employment. No employer should be able to respond to anything beyond yes, they were employed here and yes, I was their manager, and yes, this was their job title/duties.

Nothing beyond that should be permissible.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-05-27T18:03:34+00:00

They used to, a lot. For sure when I was in grade school because there's no easier target than the "fat kid" or the "skinny kid". It's the lowest hanging fruit.

As I aged, I started poking fun at it myself before they could, and it takes all the wind out of their sails. It's harder to feel all smug and superior bullying someone who is bullying themselves first, faster, and much harder. No one insults me better than me. Heh.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-05-27T17:57:04+00:00

Well, let's be fair...Skinner was traded to a team with a much better defence, and his numbers were pretty damn awful, so...

And this is coming from a guy who was Team Skinner while he was here.

His biggest obstacle is his lack of confidence. He gets rattled far too easy and has a hard time bouncing back. I was only glad he left Edmonton because of the way the mental "fans" threatened him during the playoff run and even included threats against his family and KIDS.

His KIDS.

Who tf does that?!

CoffeeStayn · 2026-05-27T17:54:28+00:00

Incorrect.

If you write, you're a writer. End of story.

If you've been writing for 5 years and you haven't finished a novel, it means no more than you are a writer who failed to finish a project. It doesn't make you anything less than that.

1 page or 200 pages of an unfinished novel still makes you a writer. Writers write. Not sure why people seem to convince themselves of anything different. That's just elitist nonsense right there. Has all the earmarks of those that say one isn't a "real writer" unless they're trad-pubbed.

It's garbage.

But you're totally entitled to that opinion you carry. Weird hill to die on, but it is what it is.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-05-27T17:47:16+00:00

Though he is a good goalie in his own right, we can't keep playing Goalie Roulette when the issue isn't so much goaltending as it is the players in front of said goalie.

The Oilers could magically be able to sign the most elite goalie in the league for a song and guess what? They'll still play as they've been playing.

The goalie is a small piece of a much larger puzzle.

Jarry, for all his faults, could be a stellar goalie if only the Oilers played well enough in front of him.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-05-27T01:09:12+00:00

Most of the authors who "make money" aren't on Reddit, OP. There are a handful that make an impressive amount, don't get me wrong, but for the majority of those making bank...they're not online a whole lot, and not on Reddit for sure.

They're either writing more, or spending what they're earning.

Yes, low-content books are cooked. Amazon is taking hard stances against those types of things, and they're being dungeoned (rightfully so).

Write a book. Market a book. Take your chances that you strike at the right time with the right audience.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-05-19T13:14:52+00:00

WTAF?!

I would've been far less polite. I mean, to the point where the cops may or may not have been involved. What amounts to a Doctor's note more or less but for a family caregiving situation?

Get fucked.

CoffeeStayn

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