Farewell GRP
Leaving GRP was a lot harder than I thought. I worked with a great team and we had the chance to produce great work. Things just kind of came together for me and I missed working in a 100% digital environment. And I felt that I wasn’t serving my team brilliantly given the full range of responsibilities I have. Sorry, had.
I was pretty cool, kept it together in our final work in progress meeting. Was cool through the nice speech and the gift giving (more on that later). Oh no, I lost it, I mean lost it, at my leaving do. Cried like a baby. Like a baby girl with colic. Interestingly people interpreted this a couple of ways:
- That I didn’t want to leave GRP.
Wrong. Delighted to leave GRP, most definitely the best thing for me and for them that I left.
- That I made the wrong choice to go to Equator
Nope. When I decided to leave I made a list of companies that fitted the bill on what I wanted for a new challenge and a new employer. Equator didn’t just fit the bill, they surpassed it. And they’re right next to PC World, a gym and a McDonalds! I mean, come on. Equator wasn’t the only opportunity I had but it was certainly the most appealing. Cannot wait to start on Monday. - I’m gutted at the end of biscuitmedia
Not so much. biscuit ended really a year ago at my request. I was pretty much over it. It came to the end of its natural life and, in some regards, I was quite glad that it did. I learned so much running biscuit mostly that I’m not great at running a business by myself. Had a great time though, met some great people and did some work I’m really proud of.
So why was I crying like a baby? Well the alcohol didn’t help. Buy mostly I am going to miss the people. I feel my biggest strength is in collaboration and I loved knocking ideas around, sorting out problems, having heated debates with developers as we both wanted the very, very best for our client. I’m going to miss the day to day interaction with a great team. I think I said that a lot through the tears and the pint of Babycham I was drinking.
Thank you GRP.
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It’s natural to feel a (temporary) sense of loss when you are leaving something, even when it is the right decision to leave. Otherwise, having dedicated your life to something for a length of time would have been very wasteful, to say the least.
I wish you all the best in moving on, Steelso.
Where are you now???? I keep trying to write comments and it won’t let me - but then this will probably appear and I’ll look even more of a fool than usual!
I knew it!
Rob,
Yes, I’ve had issues with the blog since moving on to my own server. Hopefully I’m sorting them out. You’re no fool.
I’ve moved to Equator, having the professional time of my life.
That makes me happy [the fact you're having the time of your life, not that you've moved your blog to your own server, ha!]