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<blockquote data-quote="SteveC" data-source="post: 9454410" data-attributes="member: 9053">It is really interesting to me how this turned into a discussion of &quot;should I go on blast for former employers on social media?&quot; My advice, coming from someone who was in the room where we discussed candidates and sometimes looked at social media, is absolutely not. I worked for a tech company that turned into a call center. It was not the best place to work near the end, and I was eventually laid off just after a meeting where management said &quot;everything is fine.&quot; I said nothing on social media about it, but could have said a lot. Recently the site manager, who I was friendly with and did some work to help with their own projects, contacted me after 20+ years. He needed someone to help with the tech needs for his sector of the business, which had grown to include all of Asia. If I wasn't married with a kiddo, this would have been a fantastic opportunity for me. It came, in part, because I never burned a bridge that I really wanted to burn.But as to things relative to gaming, this speaks to unhappiness in WotC that I think a lot of us who aren't fans of them at the moment have suspected for a long time. There is a divide between the people who make the game I love and the people who manage the brand. I did a stint as a manager for several years, and was very successful at it. The thing I did was to manage by not managing. My team knew what they were expected to do and had deliverables. As long as they hit them, I did my best to develop their careers and stay out of their way as much. To listen to their suggestions and implement them where I could. I suggest that WotC would be successful with that strategy. They have a great product that millions of people love. Get out of the way of people who want to make it better.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SteveC, post: 9454410, member: 9053"] It is really interesting to me how this turned into a discussion of "should I go on blast for former employers on social media?" My advice, coming from someone who was in the room where we discussed candidates and sometimes looked at social media, is absolutely not. I worked for a tech company that turned into a call center. It was not the best place to work near the end, and I was eventually laid off just after a meeting where management said "everything is fine." I said nothing on social media about it, but could have said a lot. Recently the site manager, who I was friendly with and did some work to help with their own projects, contacted me after 20+ years. He needed someone to help with the tech needs for his sector of the business, which had grown to include all of Asia. If I wasn't married with a kiddo, this would have been a fantastic opportunity for me. It came, in part, because I never burned a bridge that I really wanted to burn. But as to things relative to gaming, this speaks to unhappiness in WotC that I think a lot of us who aren't fans of them at the moment have suspected for a long time. There is a divide between the people who make the game I love and the people who manage the brand. I did a stint as a manager for several years, and was very successful at it. The thing I did was to manage by not managing. My team knew what they were expected to do and had deliverables. As long as they hit them, I did my best to develop their careers and stay out of their way as much. To listen to their suggestions and implement them where I could. I suggest that WotC would be successful with that strategy. They have a great product that millions of people love. Get out of the way of people who want to make it better. [/QUOTE]

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