[Goose]

[quote author=Mick link=topic=16303.msg183818#msg183818 date=1482967489]

The #2 partner in the life sciences practice was central to our efforts.  His name and face were very prominent on the proposal, on handouts, on posterboards, on our web site; all of which we'd spent months preparing.  He was going to be the ringleader and the key relationship partner.

At 8:20 a.m., he resigned with no notice to join our key competitor...who happened to be the key competitor for that specific prospective client. 

That's how it feels to me.  Like someone who left with a job unfinished and who didn't give a sxxt about his teammates.

You're certainly entitled to feel that way but the analogy isn't apt.

The inexcusable situation that you experienced is akin to McCaffrey quitting the team this Friday morning and somehow suiting up for North Carolina in the afternoon instead.

A more apt analogy would be your colleague resigning several weeks prior to the big presentation and going to work for a much bigger firm in another part of the country that competes for an entirely different group of clients.
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I think this is EXACTLY right.

[Goose]

[quote author=Mick link=topic=16303.msg183818#msg183818 date=1482967489]

The #2 partner in the life sciences practice was central to our efforts.  His name and face were very prominent on the proposal, on handouts, on posterboards, on our web site; all of which we'd spent months preparing.  He was going to be the ringleader and the key relationship partner.

At 8:20 a.m., he resigned with no notice to join our key competitor...who happened to be the key competitor for that specific prospective client. 

That's how it feels to me.  Like someone who left with a job unfinished and who didn't give a sxxt about his teammates.

You're certainly entitled to feel that way but the analogy isn't apt.

The inexcusable situation that you experienced is akin to McCaffrey quitting the team this Friday morning and somehow suiting up for North Carolina in the afternoon instead.

A more apt analogy would be your colleague resigning several weeks prior to the big presentation and going to work for a much bigger firm in another part of the country that competes for an entirely different group of clients.
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I think this is EXACTLY right.