Leaving Tyco Electronics – Weeks 1-3
August 15th 2008 04:21 pm
I am now just coming to the end of the third week of my notice period with Tyco Electronics and I thought that maybe I should start blogging about how it is going!
Initially everything seemed to carry on as usual except I had less work to do: I was handing over everything I did to my colleagues so gradually I had nothing left but supervision and the odd email. This last week however has become very interesting. The department’s new student has started, a young man called Benedikt who has impressed me a lot so far. I have been training him and teaching him about all our websites and systems. I have also been occupied with handing over the management of our implementations which wasn’t quite as simple as printing out the procedure. But it has really been these last two days that lots and lots of work has come out of nowhere. I’ve gone from having barely anything to do to having a list as long as my arm!
The hardest thing for me though is combating the attitude other people assume I have. I have had so many people say to me things like “I know your leaving so you don’t care anymore…”. As a Christian I feel like it is even more important to work my very hardest and not act like I’ve already left. This is so difficult though as the temptation to just give in and not care is always there.
I’m imagining my last week as being the hardest as I am going to see the end of tunnel getting ever closer and the work is going to really start to pile up. But I am going to fight the urge to not care and work my very hardest on my last week. I’ll let you know how it goes!!
Lindsay responded on 17 Aug 2008 at 10:24 am #
We will pray that you end your last week at Tyco as though it was your first week at BCS :-) Well done in staying strong.
Ha Gross responded on 18 Aug 2008 at 4:01 pm #
Adam,
Hope things are going well for you at BCS. Glad I wasn’t that person who saids “I know your leaving so you don’t care anymore…”
Anyway, keep blogging away….
Adam responded on 18 Aug 2008 at 4:15 pm #
Thanks Lindsay and thanks Ha. I still have one more week at Tyco Electronics left though so I’ll let you know how BCS compares soon enough!