Turnover
“Now go blog about it.” That’s how Boss ended the meeting where in he informed us he was leaving the University.
By now, I’ve had a couple of valentine’s day beers and the shock has worn off. From Boss’s perspective, it must be difficult to leave something he devoted so much energy and time to building and shaping, to leave something that carries his imprint so heavily (from the bellowing to the server names.) I empathize with his situation. But enough about him, this is my blog and it’s all about me me me. He’s deserting us! Run for the hills!
This would be the 6th departure since I have started working at AITGOC. For those of you playing the home game, that’s an average of one leaving every 5 months.
Accepting turnover, I suppose, has been another workplace lesson brought to me by the letters CU. Apparently, people move on and do what’s best for them. I better damn sure look out for myself and what I want, and not worry about what may or may not be most convenient and ideal for the organization. That, my friends, is something for the higher pay grades to worry about.
I will be fairly peeved if someone else declares they’re leaving soon or some likewise major announcement. Get in line, goddamnit.
I will write more mushy stuff when it gets closer to Bye-Bye-Boss time. Until then, me sleep.
P.S. I have secretly decided that Wildfire 2.0 will be my final achievement.
February 15th, 2006 at 9:27
wow!!
February 15th, 2006 at 9:58
It’s not too secret if you blog about it.
February 18th, 2006 at 19:57
[...] As I’m writing this, I’m suddenly realizing how crucial a period of time this was for us. And, although i keep using the pronouns of “us” and “we,” it really was john driving all of this change. Well, as unleashed John since, in addition to Tawana leaving, the CCS Director had also left. Yeah, as the selfishcrab has observed, turnover is quite high in the Lions’ halls. But there’s this chinese saying that the new can’t come until the old has left and the Director’s vacancy opened the window for another significant event, a need to appoint an interim Director. That lucky interim Director was Sue Mescher. [...]