Today, after months of rehearsing it over and over in my mind I finally have the guts to resign from my job. After all, it’s inevitable. I told first the HR and then my manager. We just interviewed someone yesterday and today after hearing from them that they are ready to hire that guy I felt that it was a good time and one of the final “signs” that mean that I can finally resign and cut off the cord totally. Many new developments and new information has been gathered throughout the past weeks and indeed things are getting clearer that we are indeed leaving this country. If it’s not the Philippines, then we are moving to the U.S.
Earlier this week, we have gathered new ideas from MrC’s colleague. He said that one option we also have is not to really start a new company at all but to just hire companies that are already doing offshoring or individual freelancers and lower the risk and headaches that go with this direction. This also means that we don’t have to struggle thinking about who owns the new company, taxes, paperwork and matters like that. We can easily change our mind and not have to run into legal issues if we had employees. And also this way, if we decide to startup our own outsourcing or offshoring company we also would learn from our vendors. Basically, we plan to contact various offshoring companies and propose a setup where both of us would be physically there to manage the hired programmer(s). OK, it sounds like I am in it again and now of course it looks like it that I will be part of this after all but at least we don’t have to worry about who owns which and how much and such. At least that’s how it would be at the beginning. That also relieves us from having to find and recruit people ourselves.
But anyways, now, I am actually quite happy upon resigning and I do not feel as if I did it to escape something. I have a bit of sadness because I will be leaving nice colleagues, but in the long run it is not so bad. I always have this strange pattern that after I leave a company scary changes suddenly take place like people getting fired, or my boss getting fired or worse some kind of suing takes place in the company. Believe me strange things happen most of the time after I resign. Don’t ask me why. But anyways, I am leaving the Netherlands (and it feels great to say it). It is after all something that is bound to happen naturally. At least I see it was done in a good way. I still have to write my resignation letter still.
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1 rob // Jul 26, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Congrats! I’m sure it is a very liberating feeling. As for me, I haven’t resigned yet as I’m still working from the local office for a few more months. But I do plan to cut the cord on October. The toughest thing about resigning is the financial considerations, but I believe the health and personal benefits of coming back outweighs the money aspect.
Here’s a post I wrote a couple of months ago a week after I returned to the Philippines. Although it won’t be a true Independence Day until I finally leave the company for good:
http://coffeefriday.blogspot.com/2008/03/independence-day.html
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