I'm done working for a company that I've given almost 10 years too and at the end of the day I look back and think, did I make a difference?
To be completely honest when I walked out that door for the last time I would have thought I would have a wide range of emotions and yet I simply felt one...
Relief
To anyone that has worked at this company, we've seen them struggle for some time. We've all attempted to do our part and help correct the issues, unfortunately the culture has morphed from a place of accountability to a place of blame...
In the past several years I've seen some of the brightest and most loyal people I've ever met either leave by choice or forced out...This of course is Corporate America and this happens all the time, but what was probably the most disturbing was not that the decsion was made, whether right or wrong, but simply how it was handled.
At the end of the day this was probably what hurt the most. The company always talked about being an,"Employer of Choice". Well if you want to be an," Employer of Choice" then no matter what the business decision, you should treat people accordingly and treat them with respect and diginity, yet all to many times over the past several years I have seent his not to be the case.
A true test of a company comes not from what they do in good times, but from how they react in the bad times and in my humble opinion the company has failed.
This of course is Corporate America and at the end of the day it doesn't really matter....
It's quite sad, but very true....
...but with this reflect.
To all those that have been my friend, Thank you.
To all those that have supported me, Thank you.
To all those that have argued, disagreed, and vehemently challenged me, Thank you.
10 years ago I was an eager kids running a 100 miles a minute running anyway I was pointed...
Now...I have direction
Now...I have purpose
Now...I know who I am
Now...I know who I'm not
Watch Out World, Here I come...
