I left my workplace of more than 2 years with a heavy heart. My last day I was truly feeling sad when I bade my colleagues farewell. I'm a closet egoist. I love the feeling of being loved by everybody. And it was a sucky feeling knowing that so many people would have offered to reach out and helped me if I had just told them I wanted to look for something new in the company. Instead, I chose to leave over an asshole who didn't deserve my committment to the job.
As with all places, everytime I leave, there are lessons to be learnt. This episode I learnt that nobody is indispensable. If I can be replaced easily in terms of doing the job then how important am I? Hence why the need to sell my soul to a job. Probably my only value-add is that I truly get along well with everyone except that one person. Even then in the end I still chose not to burn the bridges and finished up all the outstanding work. I guess I should be honoured that he even sent me a thank you email when he didn't do the same for my 2 other colleagues. Or maybe he had an ulterior motive because I was a permanent staff and he also copied all his managers (yes, again) and some other big shots who may or may not have the need to know in that email.
