lunch with 6 of my co-workers<\/a>.\u00a0 We went to TGIFridays. The service was slow, the food was cold and the waitress was surly.\u00a0 Ah well.<\/p>\nThat afternoon was another blur.\u00a0 Another meeting with my boss, then the exit interview where I signed a bunch of papers and spoke my mind on the company, on the record, about what I loved and what needed to be improved, and what I felt they were doing blatantly wrong.\u00a0 There was nothing scathing, but a few things that felt good to be honest about that I’d kept to myself for a long time. And, I cried, because that place has been a part of my life for 11.5 years and it is a little hard to let go, especially when I’ve been mostly happy there.<\/p>\n
Back to my office and I’d missed saying goodbye to Matt, which made me sad.\u00a0 Sent out a goodbye email, got a lot of lovely replies and a few more people came by to say goodbye and give me hugs.<\/p>\n
Including the CEO.<\/p>\n
I spoke honestly to him then, too, but generally positively.\u00a0 Made sure he understood my reasons for leaving, made sure he knew that I really liked both my boss and the CIO, who are by bosses (other than him obviously).\u00a0 He told me that it stung that I’m leaving but he understands.\u00a0 There may have been a tear or two and I swear his eyes got watery too.<\/p>\n
One last meeting with my boss and they decided to ask me to stay on to consult when necessary.\u00a0 I got the low end of what I wanted, but it was still more than my normal rate of my salary after taxes.\u00a0 Back to Dean’s to fill out consultant paperwork, back to my office to finish cleaning it out, and I left by 6pm.<\/p>\n
I’ll be back now and then for the next few weeks so it wasn’t really truly goodbye but it was much more goodbye than it’s ever been before.<\/p>\n
At the same time, I’m excited.\u00a0 Honestly I was more excited than sad, but the sad was there since it’s a very long chapter in my life closing.<\/p>\n
But, as my current boss is so fond of saying, onward and upwards.\u00a0 I’m gonna miss that guy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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