I Have News!

 

When I left my part-time dream job I simply walked in that morning and handed in my badge to my supervisor.  I did not give notice, I just left.  I put myself first.  After much thought and contemplation two days later I did something else.  I collected all of my HR documentation complete with dates, times and witnesses and I documented my final days at work leading up to my departure and placed it all into a manila envelope.  I wrote a brief letter explaining my departure and made a point to include how incredibly sad I am that things ended up this way making clear I am not a disgruntled employee, because I am truly not, and attached it to the thick stack of papers. 

With that complete I addressed it to the superintendent at the department or parks and rec, got in my car and made my way to her office and dropped it off at the front desk.  I then got back in my car and drove home deciding if nothing comes of it, then that is how it is meant to be.  But if it helps, than that is a good thing. 

About two weeks ago I got a phone call from one of my fellow coworkers who was asked by our supervisor if she was still in contact with me, which she said yes, and then asked her if she knew anything about a packet I had given to HR when I left.  My coworker said no.  She wasn’t lying because I hadn’t left it with HR, but she was quite surprised by the fact that she was even being asked about it.  This told both of us that my packet had made an impact with the superintendent and that she was obviously doing something with that information.

Fast forward one more week and my coworkers called me on a Sunday night in a conference call to let me know they had just found out from the toxic one, the one we refer to as TTO, tendered her resignation that Friday and is leaving at the end of the summer.  They thanked me for have the guts to do all that I had done and they are beyond thrilled that she is leaving.  There only regret is that it took me leaving to make things happen.  I told them I was happy to make the sacrifice.

Less than a week later TTO’s resignation was addressed in a staff meeting and apparently no one said a word.  Later that day this same supervisor noted that silence and accused my fellow coworkers of being rude for not saying anything to TTO with regard to her departure.  Really?  The only thing I could think to say that would’ve been appropriate for the situation was “Good riddance”, so maybe silence isn’t such a bad idea.