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Originally Posted by golden_eve
Well, the Marketing Director had me explain some things about strategy to the team and to him separately, and the next day, I received news that most my job is going to an outside consultant. How can I not think that somehow I did not do a good enough of a job around strategy? The consultant is now handling overall strategy and I am now handling a lower level project.
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The decision to bring in the outside consultant was probably made before you explained the strategy. It takes a while to hire consultants. Asking you to explain the strategy was a fake test set up by that marketing director with his belief that you *would* fail. It was an unfair test if you were not informed that you were competing for your own job.
+1 to seesaw's theory that the new marketing director is looking to bring in friends. I worked for a small company where we hired ONE person from a certain company. Within a year, HALF the employees were from that company and most of the old school was out. They would work on people one by one, choosing a scapegoat, getting rid, then moving on to the next victim. They did it to me and it really does make you feel awful to get fired or to have them hire some jerk to do the job you were supposed to be doing.
I hope you hear good news about one of those interviews!