Retired

Not a surprise, but my old boss from Boston is leaving his post, which I knew because I saw the ad for his replacement months ago.  What IS a surprise is that he is leaving the company altogether, which is good news for me, as now I am not so scared to apply to positions within the company.

It's not that I felt he was a bad or an evil boss, but he did turn out to be... very Boston.  Or I guess I could say, very Northeastern, since there was quite a bit of NYC sass in him.  Yes, that would be a more accurate description, as he had a lot of Trump's ego about him.  I remember him berating the promotions guy one time, about whether or not a vendor was going to give us free soft drinks for our VIP tent at a concert we were putting on.  "DO THEY KNOW WHO I AM?" he bellowed, incredulous that he was not getting exactly what he wanted.  You know.  Free pop.

Yes, they did know who he was, and that's why they never wanted to deal with him.  

I shortly realized after accepting the job and starting it that I'd been lied to... I could not use character voices (not even my own voice), I could not do comedy skits, and I had practically no equipment in my "studio" aside from an aging Protools unit... no cable, no services to gather sound clips, no way to pull them myself... nothing.  I was to be the morning guy, the midday guy, the afternoon guy and the night guy on a station that had no actual personalities to speak of.  I am surprised that I lasted as long as I did.

While I've been hesitant to apply to this company in the past, I definitely will now.  He is the kind of guy who would sing your praises in a backhanded way, which corresponds to most of Boston to be honest.  "Sure, he's good, but he's apt to have a heart attack soon as much as he weighs."  That kind of thing. Not out of vindictiveness, just it's a very Boston attitude.

The good news for his station is their ratings can only go up from here.