Dear A,
I have been employed with this company since September of 2019 and have grown a lot as a person. The first thing and most important thing is that I say thank you. Throughout the years I have seen a lot of love in this company. I have also experienced a lot of loss. In the world, we are living in right now it is very hard to look forward to much. However, I have found my inspiration and I am pursuing my dreams. So despite anything I say from this point forward please know this is very hard for me to do. However, I have recently learned a few things that I wanted to share that have shown me a new path.
- Family – When I started here I loved the family aspect. I connected with so many people and made so many new friends, then I lost a lot of them. People I Love will always come first.
- Love- Like I said I loved this job, but due to recent events my heart has been broken and it is not this company's responsibility to mend it. I have mended it on my own and have a passion for something again.
- Progression- This is my passion. I enjoy teaching because I enjoy watching how students progress. Hearing from them after grad about how much we helped got me through some dark days.
With all that said, I cannot allow myself to be passionate about something that is not helping me progress in my life. Most things run off a three-strike system, here is mine:
My Three Strikes
- I applied for the ADOE job after it said (degree preferred), then I was informed it was a mistake. I want to be a manager or a bigger lead, I can impact students fine. I need to know if I can impact people, to do that I need to manage more of them.
- We were told after the first layoff there was no more in the foreseeable future. I am confident everything was done to prevent this, however, very shortly after there was another. The issue I have with this is that nobody that I am aware of has any idea as to why they were let go. If I am not aware of how to stay off that list I am too anxious to focus on just enjoying my job and changing lives.
- 401k- This was it for me, with a company that is unwilling to stake me in my future investments my ambition goes out the window.
The determining factor with all this information at my disposal was a new thing I learned:
Looking valuable VS being valuable
Looking professional and being in that realm has never bothered me, it is very easy to look valuable. The thrift store sells cheap button-ups.
So throughout my years at this company, I have learned the importance of not only looking valuable but recently I started thinking about being valuable.
In Short: I cannot continue to work for a company that is not clear about what they value from their employees.
Closing
I have excepted a job as a Network Analyst and I will be pursuing my associate's degree through that institution. I have also started an organization that promotes discussions about Mentalhealth, Technology and how to cope with life when there is anything toxic.
I look forward to crossing paths one day as I start on my next chapter. Best wishes and godspeed!