Adiós New Breed Logistics...

I haven't mentioned here yet that I finally quit my job. I started there 2 years ago, and when I first started I only planned on being there a few weeks to catch us up on some bills, but it turned into years. I started out working on the production line but then was promoted a couple times, and I stayed to see what direction the horse I was riding was heading to. When I realized the horse was wandering aimlessly through a forest of chaos I decided to get off. So, my last day is tomorrow.

I decided to do it the "right way" and submitted a formal 2-weeks notice. But that means the last 2 weeks have been like peeling off a band-aid really slowly... every person who walks by stops to ask what company I'm moving to, when the last day is, will I stop by and say goodbye on my last day, will I keep in touch, etc. Then they want to swap e-mail addresses and phone numbers... and you know damn well you're never going to hear from them again but you go through the routine anyway. But it's nice to know they care enough to go through the trouble of asking.

More painful has been management's reaction. I have to mention here, that more often than not when a person submits notice one of the managers winds up walking the person out the door that same day "on suspension". They seem to look for a reason to suspend the person when they're quitting, usually giving an excuse like "unexcused absences" or "did not meet production goals". Even though I don't think I've given any reason for them to walk me out I've still been a bit paranoid, which I know makes no sense if I'm quitting anyway. Pride I guess.

However, I've received the opposite reaction from managers... every one of them has approached me and said, "I hear you're leaving? Can I ask why? Is there something we can do so you'll stay?" (I explain I want to focus more on school for the time being) They then ask "Can we work out some PART TIME hours with you?" Now let me tell you what an unusual request that is- NOBODY works part-time at our facilities. Even corporate upper managers who rarely speak to me have stopped to ask me to stay and at least work part-time. So over and over I keep having to explain that it's time to move on, don't bother making any concessions for me to stay, I'm leaving and that's that.

Makes me wonder if I should have just ripped the band-aid off in one quick motion... I could have turned in my resignation and walked out that very day... but I just couldn't do it that way. Dang it, I'm just too damn responsible sometimes...