All in a Day's Work

I have tendered my irrevocable resignation last week. The effectivity date is on July 17.  About a month ago, I had this series of contemplation whether I should quit my job and be a stay-at-home mom or just play it by ears with what ever is happening in the office.  I have so much to say about my former employer but I decided not to blurb about it in this blog anyway. After all, working for “T” gave me so much opportunity during my my 4-year stay in this company.  Resigning was a bitter-sweet decision for me. I have the best team, I swear. But you know how brushing off from the upper management can make you unmotivated. My team, for the longest time, has been on top of the stack ranking. If the management gives us a target of 5, we always give them 6 or 7. This is something that other teams rarely do. But all individual has their “boiling” point. I couldn’t stand it anymore. And I think, ako lang kasi ang matapang. I would never ever kiss-ass someone just be ahead of the game, just to be the pet. I tend to push back. But I think, my efforts were not god enough. I am tired. So does a lot of people I know from our account. In the end, they won. But not really won won.

For supervisors, the management asks for a 30-day grace period, just enough time to find a replacement. But I only gave them 2 weeks.  I should have resigned sooner because my training start date for my new company is set on July 13. Gosh. I hope I can endure a 17 hours straight work schedule. I am still going to leave on the 17th no matter what. I am professional and I just don’t want to drop my team like a hot potato. I still got a lot of things to talk about them. So from July 13 to 16, I am pulling off double job.

I already said goodbye to my mentor back in Washington. More than being my direct manager, she was a friend. A beautiful and a wonderful friend. I met her during our training in 2007 when she was 4 months pregnant. We had great times. Even when she went back to U.S. our communication line even for personal stuff is always open. I will really miss her. I didn’t expect at all that she will respond to my email because I know she is travelling mid-west. I was teary eyed when I received this email.

I just love her. I am planning to send her something before I leave. I will surely visit her once I have the chance to visit Uncle Sam.

As for my new job. I am pretty excited about it. I guess you can say I am just tired of ‘finding people’s mistake’ as my job.

I’ll have my despedida next week. It’s gonna be a different team lunch for sure.