| Today I cried. In the office conference room. In front of my boss. Major image hit. I told him I tear up easily. He probably has seen everything in his multi year career.
I don't know why I cried, and why I feel sad leaving this team. Well I know. Let me jot down precisely.
- a very mature team - amazing smart people, I can learn something from every single person - I get inspired by talking to people - people don't point fingers at each other when something goes down south, they work to fix it - absolutely no politics - my boss says we are a family. I didn't take it seriously until today when I realized he really meant it. I could not help but tear up - did I say people are really smart? - there is always laughter and fun in staff - boss appreciates family time, vacation time etc. never gets frazzled under stress. Knows his priorities.
Ok why I am moving - - team will be local. Which means more face to face. I do feel at times missing all the face to face rapport in the current team - bigger business , which means more visibility. But actually I was just picking up a multi billion dollar product in previous team filling in for someone. It was an option for me to do it full time which means this point is moot. - currently working on a business , that is big but slowly declining. - women in the new group. My skip level is a VP who is a woman. my boss will be a woman, women look out for one another. Or so I hope. - I know the person who was doing this role before me, very smart, commanding lot of respect from interfacing teams, a challenge to fill the big shoes
What I don't like about the new team - - now I may be jumping the gun, but thE work culture in my site is not the greatest - I am anticipating politics and back stabbing and finger pointing but I realize as long as I am here I cannot really escape this ;--( - Same old stuff, nothing new to look forward to in terms of actual work. Business is different but work is the same.
I have a long transition time. However I am wondering if I am moving anyway why not love to something more exciting? Can I find something in the next month? What is the new and exciting thing that I should do? I am not done learning product management and marketing.
This experience has exposed me something. I value people and the work environment more than career advancement. That is the real me deep inside. People who are candid, honest, smart, helpful- inspire me and motivate me to be my best. I draw inspiration from the people around me. People are very important even for this introvert. Manager is important for everyone. If a team has me crying for leaving them 8 months since joining, they are really amazing, or I have been in really crappy teams.
Now if I could only stop the darn tears!
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All the best in your new team SK :) 5 years from now it is not what you did, but whom you did the work with, that you will remember. So glad you had the experience of a great team.