So after much thoughts and discussions I put down my papers. What were my reasons?
Well, Delivery roles in IT are extremely stressful and time consuming. In the projects that I worked in the past, I saw work affecting my family ie my son – I had very less quality time with him and hubby – he had to sacrifice on his work as well as personal front. Yes it did help to have a helpful and understanding hubby, but when his career starts getting affected one falters. And Falter I did. Of course my permanently hurt back (courtesy long hours of sedentary work) also gave me a jolt to reality. Of course I did try to find some less demanding roles within my current organization... But nothing really worked out. Signs of promotion weren’t anywhere near the horizon… it didn’t happen when it was supposed to , I couldn’t wait anymore. My thoughts were -> Why lose on both family and also career front? And I took the decision (again in collusion with my family) I put down my papers…. I resigned….
After 6 years of working in this organization… I decided to leave it. Indeed was a tough decision.
After I sent across my resignation, coincidentally one of my earlier Senior managers offered me a meaty role.. after much deliberation I gave that up and went ahead to sail through the 3 months of notice .
And then yesterday , ie one day before my Last working day I sent my friends a mail title ‘Au Revoir` ’
Hi there,
As my last day in ****** seems imminent, I cannot help but cast a retrospective glance on my first years in Accenture. I remember vividly how excited was I to get this offer back then in 2004. Ignoring the other offers in hand I had decided to place my destiny in the hands of this organization and decided to give it my best shot.
And give it I did, the initial years have been a fulfilling set of years. I progressed in both my technical and management skills. I am thankful to that. Every Project I worked in Accenture has been in a different technology and a different management flavour. This in itself was gratifying. Back then I didn’t consider leaving.
But Time flies friends. Thoughts change. Experiences teach you a lot. Also Priorities change.
I have taken this giant step (to me it is) and hope that I now succeed in my next Endeavour. Wish me luck.
As I leave today (tomorrow to be exact, I write today only because the account may be disabled tomorrow morning) I carry with me the good memories of the times I spent with you and ******.
Wish you good luck.
Reach me at ****** or *****
This mail pretty much sums up that I will be with out today. (if you want to see the responses to this mail click here)
And now the action starts….
Another of my erstwhile senior managers contacted me saying
I really wish we could have figured something for you. At least I can think of one or two options from moving to ABCD team under me or even roles like XYZ where we can leverage from someone like you with effective communication/planning skills incase you are open to non-technical role for a bit…
Do reconsider as we can always reverse anything even at the last minute.
If you have made up your mind, then my best wishes to you for many more successes and new experiences.
Friends that was a sweet mail for me. The feeling that someone , no, a senior manager cares for u!! I say to her – Thanks Shanthi.
Anyways, I replied in negative to her and yet my train of thought was in the direction of the roles she mentioned. And as if in answer to my thoughts Shanthi called me on my mobile and we had a great discussion!!!!!
Yesterday ended up in discussions all around trying to figure out whether this is what I would like and the other logistics. Hubby dear was all for it. (Love u a lot Kris)
ANDDDDDDDDD I sent my withdrawal mail to HR. Ah the rest is history….
So friends what would have been a last day in ***** has ended up being just a ordinary day for me apart from the excitement of having the various teams stopped from disabling my presence in the company. I must thank my HR rep for that BTW.
Now you know why I said I ate my cake and had it too..
