Because of the Friendships That I Have Developed on This Board, I

[pamperedlinda]

Leave it to you Linda!!! HAHAHA!!!

Yeah, she'll proabably get me back for this one!

 

[janetupnorth]

I am exhausted from reading this novel called "Changes" I need yet another cup of coffee. I am trying to organize my office. I also like Janet's photo--new since when, last night??? I would like to agree with the person who called for a GROUP HUG.

Thanks - I just zoomed in on the Wave 2 group photo...I don't like pictures normally so don't have many. Can't believe I actually let people take my picture at Conference!!!!

Anyway, that is me at 10 at night...I guess it isn't too bad...

 

[janetupnorth]

P.S. Coffee is o.k. here, caffeine is banned...

 

[prnces515]

Oh my bad.....I forgot...must be the "lack of " caffeine!

 

[mommyhugz1978]

Yeah, she'll proabably get me back for this one!

Oh you know she will!!!

 

[gilliandanielle]

Little ole' me?? Nah- I am 100% angel... http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/innocent0009.gif


Yeah right!! http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/evilgrin0042.gif

 

[mommyhugz1978]

Little ole' me?? Nah- I am 100% angel... http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/innocent0009.gif


Yeah right!! http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/evilgrin0042.gif

That is why we love you so much Gillian!!

 

[chefjwr]

What, no posts for over 2 hours!!!<<<<SHOCK and AMAZEMENT>>>>>

 

[mommyhugz1978]

What, no posts for over 2 hours!!!<<<<SHOCK and AMAZEMENT>>>>>

I guess no one has anything to say about it huh?????

 

[Pampered Laura]

Out of curiosity... did anyone happen to PM that Luv'NPC person? Now I'm curious. I have a feeling I know who it is, but if I'm right (I really hope I'm not, how sad) it's really disturbing.

I found out today that this whole thing about me and Tom and a couple other director friends being terminated, is because my ED and my director requested it. Apparently my director got bumped down from Senior to Advanced for the second time in her career (she lost 3 of her 5 directors this week, all for various reasons), and because she was a speaker at wave 1 for how wonderful she "develops directors"... she's embarassed or something. So they took it out on me.
A friend director who resigned - who had never spoken to Tom or me about joining this business - also got terminated.
They also requested that Tom be terminated, and the Home office listened to these filth-talkers rather than calling me to find out the truth. That explains why Tom's termination paper had MY upline director and MY Director's name CC'd on it. Tom is not in my upline or downline... has nothing to do with my lineage at all. I asked to be reinstated. I was told absolutely not. Nice.

So... it all comes full circle. From what I hear it has nothing to do with the other company - or how I resigned. It is apparently because HO listened to the gossip and acted on it because my ED has clout and wanted to shoo me away. Lovely.

Oh and apparently I am the talk of the town around my cluster. I also got a phone call from someone who let me know that my name's been buzzing around at wave 2 and 3. Oh and apparently Tom got "fired and was asked to leave national conference". Don't people realize the more they gossip, the more people come ask us questions and ask what the hell is wrong with HO to listen to rumors like that?

Sorry, thanks for listening to my daily soap opera.
I truly love this company, and I dont think that if Doris were actually in charge up there that this would have gone so far... maybe I'm misjudging character but I can't see how Doris could look me in the eye and tell me I'm being dishonest. But man I'm just sick right now.

Is this Beverly Hills 90210 or what? LOL

 

[chefkristin]

Laura-in my opinion this is just utterly rediculous. I wish I could do something for you. PM me.

 

[chefann]

I am aghast that your upline would be that petty as to request that people in their group and, especially, NOT in their group, be terminated! When the dust settles, you'll take a look back and be able to see that those are not people you want to associate with anyway.{{{hugs}}}

 

[Teresa Lynn]

Was Tom really asked to leave conference?
I'm sorry for you and this whole situation.

 

[jdavis]

Geez, and Wow, that's all I can say to what I just spent FOREVER catching up on in this thread!

 

[cmdtrgd]

OH MY GOSH!!! Wow! I am utterly speechless....well, pretty much, which for me is amazing. I know it has been offered before, but Laura, you are welcome in my cluster any time and as soon as you can get back in - if you want to. I am so glad that you decided to stay with us here at Chef Success - you will ALWAYS be one of my cheffer buddies! As for Tom, same for him - he is welcome in my cluster. As for your SD/AD, shame on her! I know that you resigning might have come as a shock, but to lose enough directors to move back down a level is HER fault! She should have been on top of it enough to know about one or two of her directors!!!And your ED does NOT deserve you!!

 

[Pampered Laura]

A friend of mine wants to start a petition to the home office to reinstate consultant status for me and all of the others who were wrongly terminated. We know how HO loves petitions... LOL
What's even more interesting is that there are some huge names coming out of the woodworks asking questions. People that are much more important than I am. So it just makes sense that it's my ED and my director out of spite and a personal vendetta. I just wish HO was above listening to it and using my director agreement & the old stand-by of "we have the right to terminate" as an excuse or "scapegoat". That means at any time someone doesnt like a consultant, or something the consultant says to someone "important", they can be terminated at will.

 

[cathyskitchen]

Holy frejoles! This is like 90210, Melrose Place, Desperate Housewives, Greys Anatomy and every daytime soap opera you can think of rolled into one big MELODRAMA!!! I'm sorry you had to find this stuff out - (((HUGS)))!

 

[rennea]

Don't u just love rumors and the people who spread themhttp://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/mad0007.gif

 

[Pampered Laura]

Was Tom really asked to leave conference?
I'm sorry for you and this whole situation.

Nope, not at all. He came in early for wave 2, and stayed through Friday morning (I think... maybe afternoon?). He attended the CEO Reception. On the first day he was there, a very high level director asked him for more info on PQ. He would not give her a packet or any info because he was at a PC function. He told her to email him, and she did.

 

[pamperedlinda]

I can't believe that HO never contacted you for your side. It seems to me that they would have at least wanted to hear something from you. Your SD/AD must have told them a whopper! Especially if they terminated Tom, he's been with the company for a long time and has an excellent track record. Your SD/AD must have some kind of clout to have HO bow to her wishes. I'd be very upset too. What is so ludicrous is that you haven't even signed an agreement with this other company.

 

[cmdtrgd]

Good for him! I'm glad both you and Tom are sticking to your convictions despite all the rumors and bad press as well as they way HO is handling it.

 

[trps]

Out of curiosity... did anyone happen to PM that Luv'NPC person? Now I'm curious. I have a feeling I know who it is, but if I'm right (I really hope I'm not, how sad) it's really disturbing.

I found out today that this whole thing about me and Tom and a couple other director friends being terminated, is because my ED and my director requested it. Apparently my director got bumped down from Senior to Advanced for the second time in her career (she lost 3 of her 5 directors this week, all for various reasons), and because she was a speaker at wave 1 for how wonderful she "develops directors"... she's embarassed or something. So they took it out on me.
A friend director who resigned - who had never spoken to Tom or me about joining this business - also got terminated.
They also requested that Tom be terminated, and the Home office listened to these filth-talkers rather than calling me to find out the truth. That explains why Tom's termination paper had MY upline director and MY Director's name CC'd on it. Tom is not in my upline or downline... has nothing to do with my lineage at all. I asked to be reinstated. I was told absolutely not. Nice.

So... it all comes full circle. From what I hear it has nothing to do with the other company - or how I resigned. It is apparently because HO listened to the gossip and acted on it because my ED has clout and wanted to shoo me away. Lovely.

Oh and apparently I am the talk of the town around my cluster. I also got a phone call from someone who let me know that my name's been buzzing around at wave 2 and 3. Oh and apparently Tom got "fired and was asked to leave national conference". Don't people realize the more they gossip, the more people come ask us questions and ask what the hell is wrong with HO to listen to rumors like that?

Sorry, thanks for listening to my daily soap opera.
I truly love this company, and I dont think that if Doris were actually in charge up there that this would have gone so far... maybe I'm misjudging character but I can't see how Doris could look me in the eye and tell me I'm being dishonest. But man I'm just sick right now.

Is this Beverly Hills 90210 or what? LOL

Curios how you found out your Ed said anything or that is the reason for Tom and your termination to know that this is not one sided as well. I would think PC had their own insight not just someone else's opinion. JMO

 

[cmdtrgd]

So, did Tom win Circle of Honor again? If so, is he going to be in the catalog?

 

[Pampered Laura]

My ED has major clout, apparently. I had no idea. She has always been such an awesome person to me to my face... just didnt have a clue. Isnt that always the way though? LOL

 

[Pampered Laura]

Curios how you found out your Ed said anything or that is the reason for Tom and your termination to know that this is not one sided as well. I would think PC had their own insight not just someone else's opinion. JMO

If it had nothing to do with my ED, it wouldn't make sense that she was CC'd on Tom's termination papers.
Edited to add: Yes I agree with you that it COULD be one-side. I am not blind to the fact that until I hear it straight from her mouth that she did NOT pull strings, and from HO about the reason they chose to terminate my consultant status, I can only put pieces together. So far, they all fit.

 

[cmdtrgd]

HO relies on the leaders out in the field. The higher up you get, the more opportunities you have to rub elbows with the VIPs at HO and the more stock they put into what you say. That being said, I do believe they should have asked Laura about her side of the story. AND Tom should have also had some pull - especially with most of the company knowing who he is, with selling $1Million on 10 years, etc.

 

[ljeffries]

I realize that I am new here, so I hope you will take my post in the spirit it is intended.
Enough is enough! Laura made a personal decision - one that she believes is the right thing to do. I admire her for that. But, as far as the termination - it is PC's sandbox. They can make the rules, change the rules, whatever. If we don't like decisions that HO is making, or the direction that PC is headed, we all have the right to leave at any point.
My personal thoughts are that this whole situation is probably not as deceitful or tawdry as it may seem. As has been stated, there is a lot of gossip, inuendo and outright lies going around. That said....whether it is right or wrong, HO made a decision. That decision and discussion should be between Laura and HO, IMHO.
Again, Laura, I admire your 'guts' (for lack of a better word) to step out!

Lamar

 

[rennea]

I realize that I am new here, so I hope you will take my post in the spirit it is intended.
Enough is enough! Laura made a personal decision - one that she believes is the right thing to do. I admire her for that. But, as far as the termination - it is PC's sandbox. They can make the rules, change the rules, whatever. If we don't like decisions that HO is making, or the direction that PC is headed, we all have the right to leave at any point.
My personal thoughts are that this whole situation is probably not as deceitful or tawdry as it may seem. As has been stated, there is a lot of gossip, inuendo and outright lies going around. That said....whether it is right or wrong, HO made a decision. That decision and discussion should be between Laura and HO, IMHO.
Again, Laura, I admire your 'guts' (for lack of a better word) to step out!

Lamar

I understand were your coming from.......we here are just trying to support someone from our on-line "family".

 

[Pampered Laura]

Hi Lamar, welcome to CS!
I agree with you in a sense that it's kind of a dead horse -- for now. There are things some of us who've been terminated are doing to try to make PC home office "see the light".
Believe me, I didnt want to see this as decietful or tawdry either. I loooove PC. Thats why it hurts so freaking much. If I didnt love this company, I'd say "eh, screw it" and you'd never hear from me again.
Plus, on CS it's almost like a family. And when you're hurt, who do you go to?



for the record, yes of course I went to my *real* family first, that was simply an illustration. Please no rumors about how I don't love my family, etc. lol

 

[rennea]

for the record, yes of course I went to my *real* family first, that was simply an illustration. Please no rumors about how I don't love my family, etc. lol

Laura I can't believe you don't love your family Geez now when did this start.