Yay! Yippee! Wahoo! This is because I have resigned from my job at CAPRISA where I have been for 5 years (that is a looong time these days!) and I have accepted a post at a unit within the University called the HIV Pathogenesis Program. I'm really looking forward to it because I will be learning a whole bunch of new things and as scary as it is stepping into the unknown, I know that I do have some skills that I can use well and it will be much better than sitting around twiddling my thumbs wondering what direction my career is advancing in.
The waiting for the new job has been really long so it is a great relief that something has come of it and I have prayed and thought about it long and hard and feel happy with the decision. It is less job security and less benefits but I'm amped! Been taught a whole bunch about patience and I do wonder at God's timing seeing as nearly half my department have resigned this week ..I'm sure there is a good reason for it all though!
Wahoo for Debbie Knighton-Fitt who also resigned last week (on April Fools Day hahaha) after her long wait for her dream job too :)
It does feel a bit weird at work realising that I have a stack load of task handovers to do and I won't be here this time next month (what a weird saying...I mean how can you be in a place in this time next month...totally contradictory!). But also I think there is this general atmosphere of gloom at present which I hope will go away soon. Anyway, I'm also sad to be leaving friends at work who have been good friends over the years but I just want to get up and go now! It's a bit overwhelming really having to suddenly complete everything you thought you had unlimited time for!
Ooer have opened a new pack of sticky notes and they smell like fish food...bleh!
Better go and do work...only a few days this month to do it in...hooray for April public holidays!
My 10c worth is that you shouldn't worry too much. The new person will just blame everything that goes wrong on you anyway, and if you leave too much documentation they won't read it and they'll think you're a sucker and keep calling you back to do stuff they could do themselves, but are too lazy to do. ... Who? Me? Bitter and experienced? Well, definitely the experienced bit.
ReplyDeleteI recommend a sticky note on the door that reads, "Welcome to hell.", and another that reads, "I have emigrated to Uzbekistahn to pursue my life-long fascination with yurts.", to discourage frivilous questions that they could probably answer if they just thought a little.
Oh, and congrats on the new job. I'm reliably informed that anything to do with HIV is a growth field in South Africa.