Showing posts with label work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label work. Show all posts
Thursday, August 09, 2007
I love my job.
I just cant stress enough how important and how good it feels to go to work and love what you do and love to be where you are.
Monday, July 16, 2007
New Job, New Attitude
In the famous words or is it infamous words of James Brown, "I FEEL GOOD!!!" I have a new job, a new attitude, and it shows. It shows in the way I walk, talk, think, act, and feel. I feel so fabulous. It is great to wake up and not drag myself to work. I get to work with energy to start my day and leave work with energy. I don't come home and go immediately to sleep because I am drained. I don't come home in a bad mood. Its a great feeling. My new job is all about making the employees feel good so that they are energetic, enthusiastic, and ready to give their all. Imagine that. They really care how I feel. I know that sounds suspicious. But its really true. Every week, every single Monday, we start the day off with a great email. Read it. I couldn't believe it when I read it myself. It doesn't take long to get used to the good stuff. I am used to it as if I have been here forever.
My boss: she loves life. She is into yoga and her life is about balance and she brings that positive energy with her to work. She starts our Mondays with a different quote.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?Actually, who are you not to be?You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.We were born to make and manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.-- Marianne Williamson
Good evening and happy Sunday,
The quote above is one of my favorites. As I think about tomorrow, next week and the year ahead, I can’t help but think of the many character strengths we talked about on Thursday. And as I read the quote above for the thousandth time, I think a lot about the character strength of bravery, the bravery it takes to not only see our own ‘light’ in stead of ‘darkness’ but the bravery it takes to use it. Likewise, I think about the bravery it takes to:
- leave one’s job in search of something better,
- show up and give 110% everyday,
- be relentless in our pursuit of excellence, the pursuit of finding a better way,
- “Be Nice.”
And, I think about the hundreds of ***sters getting ready for bed (okay, well maybe not for a few more hours) before their first day of school at ***- the bravery it takes to sacrifice for one’s own education because you want something better. I think about the bravery of our new teachers who will stand in front of the ***sters tomorrow and teach their first lesson. I think about the bravery of our veteran teachers who continue to redefine high standards in their classrooms for the first day of their fifth year or seventh year or fourteenth year! I think about the bravery of our Principals who lead us in teaching our kids, alumni and families so that we do in fact ‘build a better tomorrow.’
Thank you again N***, P*** and J*** for choosing **** and for taking a risk in joining our family. Thank you also to K***, T***, C***, H***, I***, L***, C***, L*** and A*** for your bravery in the work we have done day in and day out, and for facing this challenge of building “the best” shared services team despite often times having more questions than answers.
It is with overwhelming excitement that I send this email as we start another year, a year in which we take with us all of the many victories and successes, and quiet moments of ‘ah,’ the mistakes and challenges, and the defeats from last year and marry them with the opportunity of a new year. Here’s to a fantastic journey ahead, and to the incredible bravery and ‘light’ that rests in each of us everyday in all that we do.
Updates and other random stuff:
A huge shout out and thank you to everyone again for their flexibility, muscle power and enthusiasm last week as we unpacked, rearranged, sweated, moved furniture and got organized.
I have never worked anywhere with this much enthusiasm. I am glad to have finally found a job that embodies everything that I think a job should be. I am blessed and lucky. And its finally my time. I always have a plan but I believe that GOD makes it happen in HIS own time.
My boss: she loves life. She is into yoga and her life is about balance and she brings that positive energy with her to work. She starts our Mondays with a different quote.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?Actually, who are you not to be?You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.We were born to make and manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.-- Marianne Williamson
Good evening and happy Sunday,
The quote above is one of my favorites. As I think about tomorrow, next week and the year ahead, I can’t help but think of the many character strengths we talked about on Thursday. And as I read the quote above for the thousandth time, I think a lot about the character strength of bravery, the bravery it takes to not only see our own ‘light’ in stead of ‘darkness’ but the bravery it takes to use it. Likewise, I think about the bravery it takes to:
- leave one’s job in search of something better,
- show up and give 110% everyday,
- be relentless in our pursuit of excellence, the pursuit of finding a better way,
- “Be Nice.”
And, I think about the hundreds of ***sters getting ready for bed (okay, well maybe not for a few more hours) before their first day of school at ***- the bravery it takes to sacrifice for one’s own education because you want something better. I think about the bravery of our new teachers who will stand in front of the ***sters tomorrow and teach their first lesson. I think about the bravery of our veteran teachers who continue to redefine high standards in their classrooms for the first day of their fifth year or seventh year or fourteenth year! I think about the bravery of our Principals who lead us in teaching our kids, alumni and families so that we do in fact ‘build a better tomorrow.’
Thank you again N***, P*** and J*** for choosing **** and for taking a risk in joining our family. Thank you also to K***, T***, C***, H***, I***, L***, C***, L*** and A*** for your bravery in the work we have done day in and day out, and for facing this challenge of building “the best” shared services team despite often times having more questions than answers.
It is with overwhelming excitement that I send this email as we start another year, a year in which we take with us all of the many victories and successes, and quiet moments of ‘ah,’ the mistakes and challenges, and the defeats from last year and marry them with the opportunity of a new year. Here’s to a fantastic journey ahead, and to the incredible bravery and ‘light’ that rests in each of us everyday in all that we do.
Updates and other random stuff:
A huge shout out and thank you to everyone again for their flexibility, muscle power and enthusiasm last week as we unpacked, rearranged, sweated, moved furniture and got organized.
I have never worked anywhere with this much enthusiasm. I am glad to have finally found a job that embodies everything that I think a job should be. I am blessed and lucky. And its finally my time. I always have a plan but I believe that GOD makes it happen in HIS own time.
Sunday, July 08, 2007
My only regret is that I did not send this out to all the employees.
Although I did submit this letter to HR on the day of my departure, my only regret is that I was not bold enough to send to all in an email. That would of really made my day. Oh well, what is done is done. I will just have to be satisfied with giving this to HR.
MEMORANDUM
To: Human Resources Lady
From: Me
Re: Resignation
Date: June 11, 2007
I have been advised by many that it is not worth explaining why I have made the decision to leave the ***. I have thought about whether or not this is the right thing to do. I feel that it might be in the best interest of future employees of the *** if I write my experience. Hopefully these incidents will not be repeated and employees can be happy working here.
Up until the incident that occurred with RS, I felt that Human Resources was unapproachable. I wish I had known that was not the case because that might have prevented me from resigning.
During the 200th year anniversary celebration, because of the amount of work, I chose not to attend and stayed at my desk and did my work. RB was aware of this. Because of my lack of attendance to hear the band play, JK told JB that I should be fired. She made this comment within earshot of several people. I brought this to the attention of RB. I told him that I felt she had no place to worry about whether or not I was there. He told me that she did because she worked in EXO. My response to him was that if she were so concerned she should have come to me directly or she should have spoke to my immediate supervisor. He said he would talk to her.
This incident should have never taken place. JK is unprofessional and she should have never made those inappropriate comments. As to whether or not RB did in fact speak to her, I do not know. This matter was never discussed further.
After Esso resigned a replacement was never found. I have continually said to KW and to RB that this job needs to be done by one full-time person and one part-time person, at the least. For whatever reason, the decision was made for me to do this job by myself with the partial assistance of whoever was the assistant. That was not a good decision based on the amount of work. All the work that I do has deadlines: The reconciliation and distribution of monies needs to be done monthly. The acknowledgement of the donors has to be done weekly. The sorting and distributing of the checks to *** has to be done bi-weekly. The in-house processing of the checks has to be done weekly. The transferring of data from *** into *** has to be done weekly. The acknowledgment of all gifts has to be done weekly. Responding to callers and email has to be done daily. The volume of all work increases during the months of September to January. It is unreasonable to think that this can be done in a timely basis by one person. Although, KW say that she did not know that I needed help, that is entirely false. We, along with RB had a discussion about the increase of work during that time.
When RB gave me my review in the summer of 2006, I discussed with him a title change. He said that we would discuss this further and see how “we” could add further responsibilities to what I already had. Less than two weeks after this review and discussion, I found out by email that RB was going to be the new Vice President of the Data Center. I concluded that during my review he must have known about this. This showed a complete lack of respect for me. At the least he should have told me that it would be KW's responsibility for considering a title change and promotion.
I have trained numerous people to be able to work with me: Including KRM, IT, SO, AH, CT(temp), GM(temp), LJ(temp), and numerous other temps. I have managed all the temps that have worked with me and I have assisted several people in the use of ***Yet this has not been enough evidence to support why I should be a manager.
As you already know, there was an incident with RS. This is what finally brought me to my conclusion that I must resign from the ***.
I felt that he was very disrespectful. KW was extremely unsupportive and concluded that RS was “just doing his job”. I was first insulted by RS with his comment “What prevents you from taking the money?” and insulted again by KW's lack of support. Although I did receive support from Human Resources, I find that I can no longer continue working in this hostile environment.
To add insult to injury, I have learned from KW, that when I leave, I will be replaced by two people. I feel like I have been slaved without compensation. Had I known that this would be the outcome, I would have resigned sooner.
Also, it isn’t enough that I am leaving RS and JK continue to indirectly harass me. They have been questioning staff about my departure. They are concerned with any parties I am having. This is totally uncalled for. I cannot believe that these incidents continue to occur here. I am curious if the incidents between RS and JK can amount to a lawsuit. It is outrageous how they carry on.
With that said, I had no other choice but to resign from the ***. It is not clear that things will ever change here and I cannot and will not be a part of that.
MEMORANDUM
To: Human Resources Lady
From: Me
Re: Resignation
Date: June 11, 2007
I have been advised by many that it is not worth explaining why I have made the decision to leave the ***. I have thought about whether or not this is the right thing to do. I feel that it might be in the best interest of future employees of the *** if I write my experience. Hopefully these incidents will not be repeated and employees can be happy working here.
Up until the incident that occurred with RS, I felt that Human Resources was unapproachable. I wish I had known that was not the case because that might have prevented me from resigning.
During the 200th year anniversary celebration, because of the amount of work, I chose not to attend and stayed at my desk and did my work. RB was aware of this. Because of my lack of attendance to hear the band play, JK told JB that I should be fired. She made this comment within earshot of several people. I brought this to the attention of RB. I told him that I felt she had no place to worry about whether or not I was there. He told me that she did because she worked in EXO. My response to him was that if she were so concerned she should have come to me directly or she should have spoke to my immediate supervisor. He said he would talk to her.
This incident should have never taken place. JK is unprofessional and she should have never made those inappropriate comments. As to whether or not RB did in fact speak to her, I do not know. This matter was never discussed further.
After Esso resigned a replacement was never found. I have continually said to KW and to RB that this job needs to be done by one full-time person and one part-time person, at the least. For whatever reason, the decision was made for me to do this job by myself with the partial assistance of whoever was the assistant. That was not a good decision based on the amount of work. All the work that I do has deadlines: The reconciliation and distribution of monies needs to be done monthly. The acknowledgement of the donors has to be done weekly. The sorting and distributing of the checks to *** has to be done bi-weekly. The in-house processing of the checks has to be done weekly. The transferring of data from *** into *** has to be done weekly. The acknowledgment of all gifts has to be done weekly. Responding to callers and email has to be done daily. The volume of all work increases during the months of September to January. It is unreasonable to think that this can be done in a timely basis by one person. Although, KW say that she did not know that I needed help, that is entirely false. We, along with RB had a discussion about the increase of work during that time.
When RB gave me my review in the summer of 2006, I discussed with him a title change. He said that we would discuss this further and see how “we” could add further responsibilities to what I already had. Less than two weeks after this review and discussion, I found out by email that RB was going to be the new Vice President of the Data Center. I concluded that during my review he must have known about this. This showed a complete lack of respect for me. At the least he should have told me that it would be KW's responsibility for considering a title change and promotion.
I have trained numerous people to be able to work with me: Including KRM, IT, SO, AH, CT(temp), GM(temp), LJ(temp), and numerous other temps. I have managed all the temps that have worked with me and I have assisted several people in the use of ***Yet this has not been enough evidence to support why I should be a manager.
As you already know, there was an incident with RS. This is what finally brought me to my conclusion that I must resign from the ***.
I felt that he was very disrespectful. KW was extremely unsupportive and concluded that RS was “just doing his job”. I was first insulted by RS with his comment “What prevents you from taking the money?” and insulted again by KW's lack of support. Although I did receive support from Human Resources, I find that I can no longer continue working in this hostile environment.
To add insult to injury, I have learned from KW, that when I leave, I will be replaced by two people. I feel like I have been slaved without compensation. Had I known that this would be the outcome, I would have resigned sooner.
Also, it isn’t enough that I am leaving RS and JK continue to indirectly harass me. They have been questioning staff about my departure. They are concerned with any parties I am having. This is totally uncalled for. I cannot believe that these incidents continue to occur here. I am curious if the incidents between RS and JK can amount to a lawsuit. It is outrageous how they carry on.
With that said, I had no other choice but to resign from the ***. It is not clear that things will ever change here and I cannot and will not be a part of that.
Monday, July 02, 2007
The Grass has to be Greener on the other side.
So recently I decided to leave my job. Truth be told a long time ago I decided to leave my job. This is probably why I haven't been blogging. I was feeling so despondent about my old, I had no energy for anything. Most recently, I was offered a fabulous opportunity to leave my job (thank God for that) and move on to something better. I had my resignation ready for weeks as I had already claimed this job. I was just waiting for the deal to go thru. My letter was very liberating and the same day I was offered my new job, I wasted no time in saying good bye to my old job. I feel if I had stayed just one more minute, I might have had a heart attack. So here's the goodbye.
MEMORANDUM
To: Boss B*tch
Boss B*tch of Human Resources
From: Noelle
Re: Resignation
Date: May 31, 2007
It is with firm conviction that I write this letter of resignation from ***.
Please understand that I have made my decision after considerable deliberation.
I am therefore resigning from ***. This will be effective June 14, 2007.
In the interim, I will work with you and AH to ensure a smooth transition.
I hope that I will have your support in making this change as easy as possible.
Thank you.
In response to my resignation, my old boss sent out this announcement.
Noelle will be leaving us to spend more time with her family. Her last day will be June 18th. Noelle has been with the *** for 6 years. Her dedication to caring about the details and taking care of our donors is legendary in our department. She will be missed.
Assuming the Associates position that Noelle is vacating is AH. Although she has been with the *** less than one year, AH has already proven herself. We are recruiting to replace AH.
Please join me in wishing both of them well.
Thanks,
boss b*tch
Boss B*tch
Vice President and Chief Development Officer
She wrote that I was leaving to spend time with my family because I refused to let them know why it was exactly I was leaving. Although if you worked there, you would definitely know why I left. I have to laugh at her use of the word legendary. You would think if I was so revered that they would not have tried to make my life impossible there. I guess she was trying to be nice. In any case good riddance. Wish i could say where this misery took place but I cant cuz there is still someone I like who works there and I wish her all the best cause she is really cool. I look forward to moving on because for me the grass has to be greener on the other side.
MEMORANDUM
To: Boss B*tch
Boss B*tch of Human Resources
From: Noelle
Re: Resignation
Date: May 31, 2007
It is with firm conviction that I write this letter of resignation from ***.
Please understand that I have made my decision after considerable deliberation.
I am therefore resigning from ***. This will be effective June 14, 2007.
In the interim, I will work with you and AH to ensure a smooth transition.
I hope that I will have your support in making this change as easy as possible.
Thank you.
In response to my resignation, my old boss sent out this announcement.
Noelle will be leaving us to spend more time with her family. Her last day will be June 18th. Noelle has been with the *** for 6 years. Her dedication to caring about the details and taking care of our donors is legendary in our department. She will be missed.
Assuming the Associates position that Noelle is vacating is AH. Although she has been with the *** less than one year, AH has already proven herself. We are recruiting to replace AH.
Please join me in wishing both of them well.
Thanks,
boss b*tch
Boss B*tch
Vice President and Chief Development Officer
She wrote that I was leaving to spend time with my family because I refused to let them know why it was exactly I was leaving. Although if you worked there, you would definitely know why I left. I have to laugh at her use of the word legendary. You would think if I was so revered that they would not have tried to make my life impossible there. I guess she was trying to be nice. In any case good riddance. Wish i could say where this misery took place but I cant cuz there is still someone I like who works there and I wish her all the best cause she is really cool. I look forward to moving on because for me the grass has to be greener on the other side.
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