resigned to my fate

Feb12
by TFS on February 12, 2020 at 8:16 am
Posted In: TFS Updates

 

A very brief update just so people know what’s going on!

I handed my notice in on the day of the last post I made, so it’s all done and now counting down the days. Exciting / terrifying stuff 🙂

 

In all honesty not much actually happened, which was in some ways disappointing, if I’m honest part of me wanted to see people running around like their heads were on fire. But in the main stress free is all good for me.

What actually has happened so far:

  • A brief 5 minute chat with an HR guy, very informal, asked my why I was leaving and did I have plans, and discussed my last day date.
  • I put forward to them my last day should be 20th March, it’s still not 100% confirmed but that’s the day I’m working to in my head.
  • Word has spread and a few people mentioned it, all have been very nice about it, I think only one person genuinely sounded surprised though… 😀
  • My boss of my immediate boss still hasn’t even mentioned it. I’ve known/worked with him for about 7-8 years, which I think is a bit weird.
  • Had another brief chat with HR guy who asked a few more questions and mentioned would I stay on a bit longer if needed. I said unless you give me a specific reason (e.g. complete this technical task that it would be harder for someone else to do after I’ve left) then the answer is no. I’m not hanging around for a few extra weeks just to “give every one a hand” or be an extra pair of hands, if they now realise they are horrendously understaffed they should have listened to me 8 months ago when I said we desperately need to hire another developer. I said certain people have done me no favours over the last 18 months, so I am not going to be doing them any favours on my way out 1
  • Found out another guy with a lot of legacy knowledge is also leaving very soon. Makes a decent handover even more important (for the company!) so I will be working with him to make sure knowledge is documented properly (not that anyone will ever read it hah!)

My feeling is that this was probably quite expected, maybe people were more surprised at how long I’ve kept on here more than anything!?

Or maybe it is a relief to finally hear I will be going haha.

 

Other random thoughts:

  • I am still quite bricking it about not having a steady monthly income, even though side hustles are still at the time of writing easily (on average) outweighing our expenditure. We are planning on a fair bit of work around the house this year which will all add up, and one or two bad months on the side hustling will really put the frighteners on me! I just know this will happen literally in the month after I get my last pay packet, such is the Law of the Sod 🙂
  • My Dad has asked a few probing questions about whether I am earning any money yet. It’s awkward because I don’t feel I can tell him about the gambling hustles because I think he’ll freak, so I’ve had to say no. It’s almost ridiculous to say but the main reason I want to get some real business income as soon as possible will be so I can tell my parents about it without lying to them, even though if I did lie it would be a fairly white of lie just to make them feel better, I don’t want to get into a situation where I’m making up business income, that would be far too messy to keep a track off haha!
  • I am very much looking forward to “having a lay in” on week days which will mean getting up at 7am rather than 6:15am (I find it harder to sleep past that anyway nowadays!)
  • I am also looking forward to having more time for personal care. Sounds ridiculous but just things like going to the dentist and so on tend to slip for me because I am “too busy”. I will have no excuse once out of the office so will start making this kind of stuff a higher priority.
  • I’m also really looking forward to knocking off lots of small admin tasks I’ve let build up on my TODO list, which I’ve let build up partially because I know I will have the time to do them all very soon
  • I will definitely miss working in London, it’s a great place in so many ways. But I live close enough to pop up any time I like. I’ve always had a bit of a love/hate relationship with it, so maybe it’s best if I keep if at arms length most of the time, only to venture in once a month for catch ups etc.

 

In any case, it will be quite emotional to be leaving somewhere I’ve been at for 16 years, even though the company and people have changed unrecognisably from when I started.

But I am looking forward to new adventures 🙂

Notes:

  1. This is admittedly spiteful/childish perhaps but there you go 😐 – It is worth saying that most people I will be making a big effort to maintain contact with and go out of my way to help before I leave, so not planning on burning bridges which is stupid, you never know when contacts might come in handy again in future! But on this point I feel I must make a very minor stand, I’m sure they don’t really care either way anyway. ↩
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