I like that work was left without a backup and failed once people left. In most cases, it highlights that we were doing a lot of pointless/mindless work that was not needed.
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T+70 here. Come on in, the water's fine!
I think my IQ dropped a couple of points for reading this.
You know my face gettin' short and I got the blues
I got a funky job and I paid my dues on the good foot
Ho, on the good foot
I got to get on the good foot
Hey, on the good foot
Get on the good foot, come over
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight
Hey, hey, hey
I got ants in my pants
And I need to dance
Some big fine looker
Gonna make me prance
Follow up: they wont miss you. They will miss the work you produced and will bumble around for months trying to replicate what you did for them, but at the end of the day keep in mind that in managements eyes we are all just a gaggle of non revenue generating numbers on a headcount report which they will be left stammering to backfill with under prepared contractors or poorly thought through automated processes which cannot replicate the value you provided.
Take a victory lap on this. Seriously. As the days wind down your management will begin to panic. Across the spectrum the work that was left behind by those who exited in December and March has been left to you and now your time is finally coming. It has to be an exhilarating yet exhausting feeling, while at the same time you still hold that sense of purpose which we all had. Let it go. Focus now turns to exiting the company. It's not about them anymore, it "About You" (so ironic). Get your house in order, attend all the HR calls you can related to your separation, and be done with the hot mess that has come of the great company we used to work for.
VSP'er - 12/28