Most of the time you are treated as only a Butt in a chair. The upper management is so concerned about their job, that when someone comes along that truly cares and has more experience, they will shut you down. In my case the Xdirector placed me in charge of a failing project, placed my name on all of the critical documents (i.e. contracts, CO, RTCM etc.) then did not allow me to run the project. That way when the monthly reports to the VP were presented, I was the fall guy. I was RIFed and the XDir was demoted because the review board finally caught on to what he was doing. I think by now he has been fired. I was the one that made the recommendations to get the project back on track, but this would have made him look bad because he ran the program for 3 years. He only wanted a scape goat. I'll get off of my soap box now.
