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Ended up not being able to write last night as Dadums was trying to sleep and the clicking of the keys was driving him insane.
Happy Belated Birthday Dō! The big 56 - woohoo!
We hope you had a great day and are looking forward to seeing you so we can celebrate together. I hope everything is getting figured out and that you will soon have your house and life back to normal. Give us a call soon! xoxo
So, my last day at work was yesterday. That was a hard thing to go through. There have been so many people saying goodbye in the past week, letting me know how much I have helped them and will be missed. "The Girls" put together the best cake and tea, and my gifts ... I received so many beautiful and funky and fun and practical and impractical things - it was overwhelming! Many people came and I hope I didn't miss chatting with anyone. It was so nice to see everyone; there were a couple missing and one I was shocked to see. I feel so fortunate to have been part of such a wonderful team. I am really going to miss everyone.
I feel guilty and badly about leaving; like I'm jumping ship when the going's getting rough. Maybe some of my co-workers feel that way about me right now too. I just didn't know what else to do; I eliminated everything from my bag of tricks. I understand things are hard for a lot people, especially with the difficulties in hiring and retaining staff. I have been asking for assistance and change to our space, and I understand these things take time, but when is enough enough? Why are staff with degrees completing things my team is most skilled at, when my team cannot go and do the job that person needs to be doing. It just doesn't make sense always. Monies for highly trained staff, with a pittance given to support them.
Something else - some people are definitely harder to work with than others. I think I work well with others and I hope I modelled that behaviour. It is difficult when some people seem only capable of pointing out errors and handing out criticism; always remembering the last thing you did wrong but never recognizing anything good or done well. Have you noticed how your co-worker may sit up a bit straighter because you say thank you for that great job or even I love your earrings! Something I learned when my kids were in elementary school is things will go a lot better if you hand out the "caught being good" awards and relax a little on jumping on small errors. We all make mistakes and thankfully most don't have terrible consequences. People want to be heard and accepted and respected and empowered to do their jobs to the best of their ability. You can't do that if you are micromanaging, showing favouritism, not talking openly and honestly or listening to the people doing the jobs! Okay, enough of that rant.
I like to think I bring something to a workplace that is, well ... just me. Humour, light-heartedness, advanced skills, the ability to teach and mentor, and respect for others. I think that helped get us through a difficult period of time over the past year, and I really hope that the spirit is carried on without me there.
Dadums is heading to bed, so I've got to be getting off here. 0400 comes early for him.
Toodles for now!
Ended up not being able to write last night as Dadums was trying to sleep and the clicking of the keys was driving him insane.
Happy Belated Birthday Dō! The big 56 - woohoo!
We hope you had a great day and are looking forward to seeing you so we can celebrate together. I hope everything is getting figured out and that you will soon have your house and life back to normal. Give us a call soon! xoxo
So, my last day at work was yesterday. That was a hard thing to go through. There have been so many people saying goodbye in the past week, letting me know how much I have helped them and will be missed. "The Girls" put together the best cake and tea, and my gifts ... I received so many beautiful and funky and fun and practical and impractical things - it was overwhelming! Many people came and I hope I didn't miss chatting with anyone. It was so nice to see everyone; there were a couple missing and one I was shocked to see. I feel so fortunate to have been part of such a wonderful team. I am really going to miss everyone.
I feel guilty and badly about leaving; like I'm jumping ship when the going's getting rough. Maybe some of my co-workers feel that way about me right now too. I just didn't know what else to do; I eliminated everything from my bag of tricks. I understand things are hard for a lot people, especially with the difficulties in hiring and retaining staff. I have been asking for assistance and change to our space, and I understand these things take time, but when is enough enough? Why are staff with degrees completing things my team is most skilled at, when my team cannot go and do the job that person needs to be doing. It just doesn't make sense always. Monies for highly trained staff, with a pittance given to support them.
Something else - some people are definitely harder to work with than others. I think I work well with others and I hope I modelled that behaviour. It is difficult when some people seem only capable of pointing out errors and handing out criticism; always remembering the last thing you did wrong but never recognizing anything good or done well. Have you noticed how your co-worker may sit up a bit straighter because you say thank you for that great job or even I love your earrings! Something I learned when my kids were in elementary school is things will go a lot better if you hand out the "caught being good" awards and relax a little on jumping on small errors. We all make mistakes and thankfully most don't have terrible consequences. People want to be heard and accepted and respected and empowered to do their jobs to the best of their ability. You can't do that if you are micromanaging, showing favouritism, not talking openly and honestly or listening to the people doing the jobs! Okay, enough of that rant.
I like to think I bring something to a workplace that is, well ... just me. Humour, light-heartedness, advanced skills, the ability to teach and mentor, and respect for others. I think that helped get us through a difficult period of time over the past year, and I really hope that the spirit is carried on without me there.
Dadums is heading to bed, so I've got to be getting off here. 0400 comes early for him.
Toodles for now!
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