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Whew!!!!

OK, it's finally done...I finally put in my notice of resignation today and I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off of me. I wasn't planning on giving my notice until next Friday afternoon and I'd written the first draft of my letter last night, but I realized that I would have to move my notification up earlier this morning. One of my coworkers whose last day is this coming Friday told me this morning that he had a hunch I'd be asked to take over the management of his former project and, once I thought about it, I figured I'd make sure I got my resignation letter tight just in case it went down.

About an hour ago, my Deputy Program Manager stuck his head in my office and said that he wanted to talk to me, so I scrambled to print out the letter and put it into my portfolio to take in the meeting with me. He started out with some talk about my other project and then told me that he wanted to present me with the opportunity to manage the project that my other coworker had mentioned. When he asked me what I thought of that, I told him that it sounded like a great opportunity, but that I couldn't accept it because I wouldn't be working anymore past July 16. At that point, i explained that I would be leaving to matriculate at Stanford and, to my surprise, he was completely excited for me. I had been dreading the moment that I'd give notice for the past month because I thought this guy would say that I'd wasted his time over the past 5 months that I've worked under me, but all he kept saying was how excited he was for me and how this was a great move that I'd be making for my career. One of my other fears was that he would tell me that they didn't need me anymore past 2 weeks from now, but, instead, he told me that he appreciated the 8 weeks of notice that I was giving him to find a replacement for me and said that it was fine for me to work until July.

Whew! I feel more relieved now than I have since the day I got word that I had gotten into Stanford. Now, I just need to set up a time to talk to the CEO of the company so i can break the news to him and I'll be able to fully relax. Now that it's all over, I don't even know why I was so nervous. I work with good people and I should have known that they'd be happy for me, but there still may be others who will take this the wrong way and think that I'm being disloyal to the company...oh well, at least I know that i'm being loyal to myself.

Posted by marquis930 at May 24, 2004 03:28 PM