That was the first thought that went through my mind last Thursday morning.\u00c2\u00a0 After 10 years at this company I was told I would no longer be needed as of December 31st.<\/p>\n
I knew a few weeks ago that this day might come.\u00c2\u00a0 The officially announced their intention to replace all the in-house programming we’ve done for the last 20 years with an off-the-shelf product.\u00c2\u00a0 I thought I’d probably<\/em> be ok – after all, this project was going to increase my responsibilities.\u00c2\u00a0 But I knew if they weren’t real bright, they’d do things a different way.<\/p>\n They did things a different way.<\/p>\n I really don’t think they understand what they’re doing.\u00c2\u00a0 They’ve left one guy in the department to basically do all the work.\u00c2\u00a0 I think they’re planning on bringing in contractors (it helps to have friends in the business that recognize your company’s name) but that’s not going to work out well – it’s not a vanilla environment here.\u00c2\u00a0 And people here are used to a quick response, they won’t do well with “We’ll be out tomorrow to fix your problem.”<\/p>\n I’m trying to be nice about this.\u00c2\u00a0 There’s a ton that just pisses me off, but I’m not sure how much good it would do to vent it here.\u00c2\u00a0 Everything from how they came to the decision (and by ‘they’ I mean one person overrode the majority vote) to the sorry excuse for a severance package they’re offering.<\/p>\n I should be thankful for a couple of reasons.\u00c2\u00a0 They could have given us no warning (we saw it coming anyway) or absolutely no severance.\u00c2\u00a0 And actually, if they would have kept me to do everything on my own, I probably would have left on my own anyway.<\/p>\n I know I’ll be ok.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve been through this before and came out ahead, I’m sure I will again.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve been looking for a change for a little while anyway, this is just the kick in the butt I needed.\u00c2\u00a0 Out of all of us that they let go, I’m probably in the best shape (one guy they’re letting go just had his first child) — I think I’m more upset that I won’t be working with some of the people I’ve met here anymore.\u00c2\u00a0 There’s a bit of sadness that I think is normal.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve been here almost my entire “professional” life.\u00c2\u00a0 You get a little attached after 10 years.\u00c2\u00a0 This will be good though… something new, better, exciting.\u00c2\u00a0 I don’t know how good it will be for this company though.\u00c2\u00a0 I hope it works out, mainly because of most<\/em> of the people left here.\u00c2\u00a0 I fear that it won’t because of the incompetence of a select few.\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe more on that later… I think I might have to sign something saying I won’t badmouth them \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" That was the first thought that went through my mind last Thursday morning.\u00c2\u00a0 After 10 years at this company I was told I would no longer be needed as of December 31st. I knew a few weeks ago that this … Continue reading