[Icemaster]

So here's the irony that you guys dont see - there is no bridge. His "bridges" and connections are what allowed him to get out, his reputation in the business essentially had people knocking on his door weekly and resulted in this much better opportunity.

What he's leaving is similar to what Mikester is going through in a separate thread. When I left and offered them 2 weeks, the CEO said nope. Went through the exit interview with the HR poseur, he called me about 3 hours later and ripped into me wanting to know why I would say such things about him, his company, and his leadership. It was an interesting conversation.

Come to find out after doing considerable networking that he's got a very bad reputation in this area. Not just in his specific industry, but also as a businessman in general. Company is hemorrhaging cash and people, he's also a lawyer and litigation happy. Likes to threaten people for speaking ill of him or his company, even if its based in fact, has started legal actions against a lot of folks, somewhere north of a hundred for perceived slights. They never seem to go anywhere though.

The irony of the whole situation is that makign the statement not to burn bridges is valid, however from this creeps perspective, leaving his company - regardless of how professionally one does so - is burning a bridge. He's made a point of publicly trashing everyone who's left over the last 2 years. It's now to a point that the indistry hears, or sees the company name on a resume and pretty much congratulates the person for getting out.

Point is, my buddy leaving in a creative and entertaining fashion would be viewed as a positive.

Thanks for the feedback though.