My department's old boss left in December. He was the best, but he couldn't handle the CEO and I never understood why, he just always complained about him.
Anyways, we started looking for a new boss and told the CEO what we were looking for. Someone with experience in creating new business branches, because we had a concept for a new business branch that was pretty lucrative. We were motivated to put the work in, if we had the right person (aka someone with expertise).
The CEO let us write the job announcement and had us invite people for interviews. Had them hand in assignments. One candidate looked particularly fitting. She had it all, everything we wanted. After interviewing the last candidate, my CEO who was there for the interviews told us that he had already decided on a different person. Somebody from a different department who he described as an expert on her field.
We were a bit shook, but I still had hopes left until I saw this person's CV. Finished their Bachelor in a not-business- or management-related field last year. Younger and less experienced than all of us. Only real job experience was 1 year in that other department and a gap year volunteering in South America.
This has got to be a joke, right? No. The CEO then went ahead and said we should just postpone our new business idea. Obviously, because our new boss doesn't have the expertise to do anything. I already wrote them a mail asking a simple question and they replied “I will get back to you. I have to ask the CEO about this.”
Now I know why my old boss hated the CEO so much. He's a dick. Kill me, please. I don't know if I should sit this out or leave.