harryx2
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Ok,
I need your advice!
I am a journalist (foreign, so forgive any mistakes). There is this man, who is a lot older than me and works as a correspodent to a big newspaper. I wont tell you if he is talented or not, if he had this job b/c he sucked up to his boss, etc.
He has this position. Then the management changes and, to my luck, the new editor in chief is a friend of a friend of mine. I ask for the contact and I have it. I send some sample articles and the guy is really enthusiastic about me. And then...he decides to stop working with the former correspodent and make me to be his new.
I never backstabbed the guy or anything, I only used my new contact and gained a collaboration with my writing! He now claims that I stole his job. I am answering back by saying that it is a free market, I never did something without ethic and he has absolutely no saying on who gets to contact his bosses for work!
He actually believes that I should asked for his permission (he would have said no) before I made any contacts! This to me is absurd.
What do you think?
Any feedback is appreciated.
Thanks!
I need your advice!
I am a journalist (foreign, so forgive any mistakes). There is this man, who is a lot older than me and works as a correspodent to a big newspaper. I wont tell you if he is talented or not, if he had this job b/c he sucked up to his boss, etc.
He has this position. Then the management changes and, to my luck, the new editor in chief is a friend of a friend of mine. I ask for the contact and I have it. I send some sample articles and the guy is really enthusiastic about me. And then...he decides to stop working with the former correspodent and make me to be his new.
I never backstabbed the guy or anything, I only used my new contact and gained a collaboration with my writing! He now claims that I stole his job. I am answering back by saying that it is a free market, I never did something without ethic and he has absolutely no saying on who gets to contact his bosses for work!
He actually believes that I should asked for his permission (he would have said no) before I made any contacts! This to me is absurd.
What do you think?
Any feedback is appreciated.
Thanks!