Friday, June 08, 2007
The recent attrition in office has again left me wondering about how people dependant I am. After the bonus session in late April, it was pretty evident that all senior associates were on the look out and so most of the quitting didn’t really come as a surprise… but then the fact of the truth does leave me depressed… I will miss them and all the fun and the liveliness they brought to the floor.
I realized over the last few days that the most shocking (for lack of better word) of all was M quitting. Over the past few months he had spoken to me more than a couple of times on why I should stay here… I had asked him about his plans and he said he would not quit from here for another investment bank. He also told me about his plans here… & I guess truthfully I got very comfortable staying here with him around… I knew I would lookout but would always have the back up option as a very secure one.
He gave me the independence to work the way I wanted… He was my knowledge store and I executed based on that knowledge. He appreciated my work and made sure I was well compensated for it. I needed someone to tell me where I was going in this industry and he talked about it without me asking for it. He told me how I should and would be guided the way his boss did 8 years back.
… & I thought we made a good team!
And I heard he put his papers… and he confirmed that for me! I felt like the little child who realized that the toy she was shown was never meant to be hers. It was just a show piece which was to be taken away someday. And unfortunately, she was angry with the toy because she thought she had the right to do so, but then the toy was never really hers, was it?
I thought I was the only person who was feeling let down and today I found one more soul in office who felt the same.
And without me asking for it, people have been giving me tons of advice on whether I should stay / move / move with him!
I realized over the last few days that the most shocking (for lack of better word) of all was M quitting. Over the past few months he had spoken to me more than a couple of times on why I should stay here… I had asked him about his plans and he said he would not quit from here for another investment bank. He also told me about his plans here… & I guess truthfully I got very comfortable staying here with him around… I knew I would lookout but would always have the back up option as a very secure one.
He gave me the independence to work the way I wanted… He was my knowledge store and I executed based on that knowledge. He appreciated my work and made sure I was well compensated for it. I needed someone to tell me where I was going in this industry and he talked about it without me asking for it. He told me how I should and would be guided the way his boss did 8 years back.
… & I thought we made a good team!
And I heard he put his papers… and he confirmed that for me! I felt like the little child who realized that the toy she was shown was never meant to be hers. It was just a show piece which was to be taken away someday. And unfortunately, she was angry with the toy because she thought she had the right to do so, but then the toy was never really hers, was it?
I thought I was the only person who was feeling let down and today I found one more soul in office who felt the same.
And without me asking for it, people have been giving me tons of advice on whether I should stay / move / move with him!
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