Thread by @GbengaWemimo

I worked with this guy once
A very sly and cunning guy
One of those who got the job based
on who they know and keeps his job by snitching and playing loyal servant to the boss!
He was attached to a good boss
I was attached to a wicked boss
For three years, I was put through

Hell by my boss
He would laugh and say "Sorry"
Still he would snitch to my boss and tell him all sorts of stories
My boss at the time liked him
He rewarded him for stitching
Sometimes paying his house rent or
giving him personal financial aid and support
All to keep him loyal

Suddenly the season changed
He was given another boss
I was also given another boss
His boss was the heady one this time
My boss was the liberal one
My boss told me to pursue my dreams
He encouraged me to chase the stars
He said "I might be transferred tomorrow, by that time I..

Want you flying so high that you wouldn't need this job again!
Wow!
I took his counsel
I started my own things
Pursued my own visions
The other guy saw changes
My crab was finding its way out of the bucket
He couldn't stand it
He started reporting me and my boss to his boss!

"His boss is not putting him to work
He is just earning salary"
His boss was superior to mine
So his boss called mine and told him he should sack me if he didn't need an assistant
He said it is unwise to employ a young man and keep such idle
My boss came to my office and told me

My boss said "If you waste this opportunity, you will never get it again!
Upgrade yourself
Do better
Soar!
By the time I am leaving this place, I want you flying!
I had an opportunity like this and misused it
Learn from me!"
I said yes sir and I ran
I built and grew
I had speed

Sometimes I won't be in the office for days
Sometimes I will be in the office doing my thing
Within four months, the abstract started becoming real
Results were rolling in
Consulting works came in
Later, in trickles, money started flowing
It wasn't so much at first
But it flowed

Soon it flowed in a way that it couldn't be hidden
I was still at the office
Other staff members would come seeking financial support
Nothing elaborate
A few thousands here
A few thousands there
Stand surety for me
Be my guarantor
The sun was rising after the dawn
Rising fast!

This guy noticed and spoke to his boss
He is now using office resources for his own thing
He has built a strong foundation and is about putting in the main building
I have seen what he is doing
Let us adopt it into the company
Let us make it our thing
His boss heard and called

I heard you are doing your thing on company time
I want to see how we can adapt it to benefit the company
I said No
What I built would die without me
It would one day have a life of its own
But at the stage it was, I was its lifeblood
So I would do it on my time
And do my job too

There was no reason to sack me
My boss was not complaining
So I was let off
But he wouldn't stop
Eventually I got a letter
His boss decided to swap our offices
I would work with his boss
He would work with my boss
His snitching exploits finally led the boss to switch our offices

But he was a small minded person
He saw it as a demotion
Working for the assistant boss instead of the boss
He went with his wife & children to the boss's house
He went to prostrate and beg
He didn't see the opportunity
He dug a pit and didn't want to fall into it
I didn't mind

His boss says he would think about it
On the day we were supposed to resume in our respective offices
He arrived before me and was seated on my seat
I got to the office, it was locked
I asked him where the key was
He said "The letter didnt say he should release the key to me"

I didn't mind
I sat in the reception
His boss arrived
I didn't leave the reception
His boss called the admin manager
Why didn't so and so resume here as told
Admin manager called me
I told him in wasn't given access to the office
By this time some of his boss's friends have

Arrived
He followed them upstairs
They all went to beg his boss
His boss sent for me
He said "I will like to reverse the letter of redeployment, you can now go back to your office!
My assistant is coming back upstairs!"
I smiled!
I said "I came with my letter of resignation sir"

He said "What"
I smiled
I was ready
I had been given almost two years to build my dream
I was set to take off!
Coincidentally, I brought a new car I just bought to the office that day
I invited his boss and the other staff to come see it
They saw it and were like
"Oh my God'

I did a month with them after dropping my letter
He couldn't look me in the eye throughout
Other staff members flocked around
They could see a rising star and wanted to read their palms in its light
He couldn't find his peace
He took his annual leave
I was gone before he resumed

Three months later
His rent was due
He had no information to give his boss for favours
He called me
He complained about his boss
The man was a slave driver
The man said he was not computer literate
The man was hell bent on getting its of him
He needed a loan
He needed counsel

I have him the load
I told him to find a way to work with my ex-boss
The man helped me a lot
I was sure the man would help him too
He said "People would say he was demoted"
I didn't say anything
I told him the loan was a gift
He called crying a month later
He needed another loan

I told him the enemy of young businesses in Africa is bad loan from friends and family
I cannot afford to give him a loan
And I can not da da him money
It would be wise if he would just leave me be for now

My ex-boss called me today!
He had been transferred
And the guy sacked!