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As much as I\u2019d been waiting to do this and I had fantasized about it over the last year and change, I still found myself pretty anxious to have the talk with the boss of mine that I had grown to not particularly like over the last three years.\u00a0 This is the longest stop I\u2019ve ever had in my career, at just under six years, so no matter all the good that will come from moving on, there\u2019s still the sheer, change, of everything that brought on a little bit of nerves.<\/span><\/p>\n And when the day was over, the conversation really was just about everything that I had predicted it would be.\u00a0 Regardless of how important I feel that I am to my team, and all of the contributions and things that I do for the team and my reports, I knew that my boss would no-sell me giving my notice like Hercules vs. Sid<\/a>, because I\u2019ve felt that she\u2019s been trying to get me to quit for the better part of the last two years, and me leaving, in spite of the workflow issues it may cause, would still be satisfactory for her, so that she could backfill my position with a spineless puppet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Which is pretty much what happened, not surprising to me at all.\u00a0 But we also had a fairly civil conversation about how I didn\u2019t really want to leave the company, and how I tried to make a move when there was a reorganization and an influx of open positions to move into, and when things didn\u2019t work out in my favor, I realized that I had to leave.<\/span><\/p>\n Most importantly though, regardless of the greener pastures I may be headed to, what is the hardest part about ultimately leaving is the people.\u00a0 As clich\u00e9 as it sounds, I really did meet a lot of really good people, and I love all of my reports that I\u2019ve had throughout the years, and leaving them, won\u2019t ever not feel like I\u2019m leaving them a little bit high and dry.<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s funny, one of the things I said to my boss was that I was grateful for the guidance she gave me throughout the years.\u00a0 As pleasant as it might sound, it probably isn\u2019t for the reasons that she thinks they might be, because through her guidance, I really learned or affirmed a lot of the traits of leadership that I didn\u2019t<\/em> want to put onto my own subordinates.<\/span><\/p>\n And out of respect for my team, I pulled them aside separately to tell them the news personally, because I love and respect them, and I didn\u2019t want them finding out soullessly from my boss.\u00a0 How I was always one of them, and will always be one of them, graphic designers, regardless of what my title was, and that it was always important to be their advocates and defenders of bullets and shrapnel, and to protect them when I could.\u00a0 Because without their contributions, the company wouldn\u2019t have advertising, and how that they\u2019re more important than all sorts of meaningless titles that are perceived to be above them.<\/span><\/p>\n Perhaps they were fluffing my ego or just being nice, but the general response from them was definitely mostly sad.\u00a0 Two reached out independently to tell me that my departure will make it much easier for them to look elsewhere, and two others that I emailed in lieu of their absences, didn\u2019t respond immediately, uncharacteristically of them, making me wonder if I\u2019ve given them a little bit of a shock.<\/span><\/p>\n All the same, regardless of how sad I might be to be leaving the place where I\u2019ve spent more time than anywhere else, when the day is over, good people and company loyalty don\u2019t pay the bills, and child care if fucking ridiculous.\u00a0 It was still a very easy choice to accept the new position that I was offered, and I\u2019m sure as my start date gets closer I will become more excited about the new journey my career will be headed in.<\/span><\/p>\n But until then, it\u2019ll be a tumultuous two weeks of tying up loose ends, trying to figure out all my financials from the old job, while my new equipment and orientation of the new one starts to queue up.\u00a0 It\u2019s going to be very important for me to get mentally prepared for the new job, because I definitely know what a muddy mindset can do to a job if you\u2019re not mentally ready for it.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As much as I\u2019d been waiting to do this and I had fantasized about it over the last year and change, I still found myself pretty anxious to have the talk with the boss of mine that I had grown to not particularly like over the last three years.\u00a0 This is the longest stop I\u2019ve … Continue reading A long awaited two weeks 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