Goodbye and Good Riddance
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-04-08 03:42:47
At my company my team is made up of contractors/vendors/non employees-call us what you ordain our team is the red-headed step child. No offence to red-headed stepchildren as I experience first hand. I have a red headed brother who was a stepchild and yes sometimes they are treated differently and often unfairly. So we fasten together. The Team and I. Anyhoo as I’m one of three team leaders in the group when Linda’s quitting day arrived. I rallied the aggroup to write a nice goodbye card. Linda and her boyfriend were trading in 9-5 jobs for a travelling schedule that was due to mouth in London the next week. We had arranged a eat out in her honor. It was a nice gesture. By mid day the separate I had circulated earlier that morning in a plain folder had found its way approve go to my desk only this measure in a large envelope. When I opened the envelope out fell 11 Euro (about 15 bucks). Something told me this wasn’t compensation to me for organizing the card. approve in June the larger department said goodbye to a senior manager who was leaving after working with us for six months. Then too someone somewhere decided to take up a collection for his leaving card. I have so many fundamental problems with this. I don’t know where to go away. 1. This man probably earned 2x to 3x more than the average well wisher of the card. He was given what we call “tend retirement”. He was leaving to bring home the bacon for a competitor and as such he was immediately relieved of his duties and paid out a consume severance be in jest coined ‘garden retirement’.2. This man decided to leave the affiliate of his own accord and thus the decision being his to walk away from a paying job.3. This money collection was just this. A. Money. Collection. No one was going to take it a step farther and buy him a gold check or diffuse clock. It was cold change that was to be given with the bon journey card. object that the sum collected was mere 6 Euro($4.20). Are you beginning to see my inform? Am I just a stingy penny-pincher or is it ridiculous to throw cold change at someone who has the wherewithal the courage and/or the luxury to walk away from a paying job? Not to have in mind the measly be scavenged…how do you gift too little money to someone?So when Linda’s coin-jangling separate cut upon me. I discreetly sent an email to the gang sans Linda and asked that the person who kindly started the contributions to please be welcome in presenting Linda with the money since I was unsure of the intent. In the end a few additionally embarrassed populate tossed in some cash and she was presented with 50Euro. Yeesh! You would've thought it was a collection for the needy.. these folks would go poor walking along the homeless in San Francisco the way they are easily shamed into handing over money!Oh undergo I told you? I’ve given my 30–day sight to leave office! Yep. Now that little assort of red-haired kiddies have 28 days to go their piggybanks before my goodbye separate begins its circulation![ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://verrysherry.blogspot.com/2007/10/goodbye-and-good-riddance.html
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