having moved from LA to NYC the only difference is people in NYC are real. Over here they sugarcoat shyt and try to be cute while in NYC they tell you what you dont want to hear but its the truth. Never thought id not return to LA but NYC making it hard
I experienced this hardcore in my company. One line manager I had when I switched departments was from Boston originally. And she stayed keeping it funky. She would tell me what needed to be done, what trainings I needed, whatever. No sugarcoating, no fluffing it up to look pretty. It was what it was...
And I loved it. To this day I say she was one of the best managers I've ever had. But a lot of people from around here couldn't deal with her. They would hit me with "Oh you report to Pamela? I feel sorry for you", then I'd be like
"I'm cool with her, I like her" and then they would be like
. She even told me that in one meeting, like "you know a lot of people here don't like me...
but I don't care"... After I moved here from NY, I had managers that wouldn't tell me what I needed to know, which made ZERO sense to me. So when I linked up with old girl, I was like