Yesterday was ....well it was a day? I am not sure anymore about what day it is. I just try to get through them the best I can. Sherri was gone and I was here all alone and I miss her. I did all my chores except make the bed this morning and when she gets home she will tell me so...but I have to post this morning because I will not have time today at work.
OK I told you that I had a meeting with the big bosses and we discussed me leaving. They really did not want me to go so soon but they understood up to a point and this point is what we had our meeting about. Our season starts in November....at a crawl but it does start then..that is when the schools start sending in their pages for the yearbooks. The heavy season starts in February and that is when they start up the middle shift press room that I am in charge of. My duties go from Press Room Corrections Coordinator to Press Room Middle Shift Manager and then I have to do my job plus run the press room. It is not an easy job having to balance all these responsibilities...but this is my assignment and I have to do it.
Now here is the thing...they have to replace me and I have to train someone to take over and do some...not all...of what I do. They want me to interview the applicants and then train them to run the pressroom minus the Statistic analysis which is my first job. That job they want me to hand over to one of the leads in my department. Now this is why my date had to be adjusted somewhat. Data gathering is not all that hard when the system is set up and working. It is the analysis that gets a little tricky. So to make a long story short I have to get all this done between now and May of next year.
I can train the press room replacement in short order...if I chose the right applicant...the lead person...now that could take some time. I had thought that my secretary would be a good person to promote...however when she heard that I was retiring she said she was going too so that took that option out of the field. So here I am scratching my head thinking who would be the right choice. Have no fear I know I can do it...I just have to have a plan and that is what this week and next week will consist of....making the plan.
Well wish me luck ...OH and by the way there is a bonus in me staying to do all this so don't think I am that much of a Company Guy...LOL However, I do have to say that I started this department years ago and set up all the systems and SOPs so I do have a soft spot in my heart for it even though I am leaving . I would like to see the department go forward and my folks benefit from it.
May will be the latest I will work...the season ends in May and I will be out of there the first of June. Now if all goes well sooner than June 1 I could leave earlier at my own discretion. I will have to be the one that calls that shot so who knows I could be on the road sooner. I guess it all hangs on who I hire and how well I am at training??? Follow along with me on this last leg of a long journey and we will see how it goes...
Somewhere in Time.
OK I told you that I had a meeting with the big bosses and we discussed me leaving. They really did not want me to go so soon but they understood up to a point and this point is what we had our meeting about. Our season starts in November....at a crawl but it does start then..that is when the schools start sending in their pages for the yearbooks. The heavy season starts in February and that is when they start up the middle shift press room that I am in charge of. My duties go from Press Room Corrections Coordinator to Press Room Middle Shift Manager and then I have to do my job plus run the press room. It is not an easy job having to balance all these responsibilities...but this is my assignment and I have to do it.
Now here is the thing...they have to replace me and I have to train someone to take over and do some...not all...of what I do. They want me to interview the applicants and then train them to run the pressroom minus the Statistic analysis which is my first job. That job they want me to hand over to one of the leads in my department. Now this is why my date had to be adjusted somewhat. Data gathering is not all that hard when the system is set up and working. It is the analysis that gets a little tricky. So to make a long story short I have to get all this done between now and May of next year.
I can train the press room replacement in short order...if I chose the right applicant...the lead person...now that could take some time. I had thought that my secretary would be a good person to promote...however when she heard that I was retiring she said she was going too so that took that option out of the field. So here I am scratching my head thinking who would be the right choice. Have no fear I know I can do it...I just have to have a plan and that is what this week and next week will consist of....making the plan.
Well wish me luck ...OH and by the way there is a bonus in me staying to do all this so don't think I am that much of a Company Guy...LOL However, I do have to say that I started this department years ago and set up all the systems and SOPs so I do have a soft spot in my heart for it even though I am leaving . I would like to see the department go forward and my folks benefit from it.
May will be the latest I will work...the season ends in May and I will be out of there the first of June. Now if all goes well sooner than June 1 I could leave earlier at my own discretion. I will have to be the one that calls that shot so who knows I could be on the road sooner. I guess it all hangs on who I hire and how well I am at training??? Follow along with me on this last leg of a long journey and we will see how it goes...
Somewhere in Time.
7 comments:
Speedy, that's wonderful. You have a goal. How wonderful!! May is a great time to leave. TX will start getting hotter (weather wise) and you'll be able to go where it's cooler. CONGRATULATIONS!! We'll not be far behind.
Glad you now have a "definate" date but sorry to hear it is later than you have been thinking. Unless you find the perfect person and are really super at training them it looks like my last day at work (March 31) will be before yours.
I plan on heading for southwest Colorada in early June, being there for the "Dreamers" gathering and staying well into July before slowly heading back to the northwest via the South Dakota badlands.
I don't like what I hear, but I know that you can't just walk out on something you created. And, neiter would we. I am just glad and excited for you that finally there is a plan. And, believe me, it will be here before you know it. And we look forward to whatever time we can squeeze in betweeen now and then.
Does this mean that Sherri is going to keep working as well?
Hugs,
Dortha
Hey Speedy, I know its not what you were planning on, but what a guy to stay and make the transition easier for your co-workers. I bet you feel alot better now that you have a plan.
Hope you still plan on Kerrville.
Mr. Softee
Speedy - Thank you for the Great(retiring) - Not So Great(not as early as you thought) news. I hope this does not mean that you will not make the "Gathering of Dreamers" in Kerrville. After all that training you will need a mini vacation before your permanent one. I have missed being in chat - will be on track again soon.
Jenny
I fully nderstand your decision. It is hard to just walk away from a place and job that you have had and actually started up yourself. Just think, it is only a couple more months than you originally wanted. That;s not too bad. Can't wait to see you both at Kerrville! I hope that the weather in Kansas will let us make the trip. Netters
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