Gravity of people
Yesterday a former manager of mine who I still work with told each member of his team and then me that he’d decided to take the VERP, voluntary early retirement package. Company put this option out a couple months ago and last week was the cutoff for applying for it. So if all goes accordingly his last day will be end of June, though Steve thinks they may ask him to stay through July or even August (to help with our quarterly close reporting and possibly the bulk of our budget process).
EDIT: His last day will actually be end of September.
I’d brought it up with others I worked with before, and I mentioned it to Steve here, I just find it funny how you can find yourself working with people who had transferred to other groups but then later found themselves returning into a similar role.
Steve’s team currently includes Christine, who was my manager for a couple years or so around five years or so back. She transferred sometime in 2019 to I think some position in multinational, and then last year transferred to Steve’s team. And before that she worked with me under Marcello like 10 or maybe 15 years ago before transferring to work under Ming-I, and somehow I had gone from Marcello’s team to working under her.
Ju-an joined Steve’s team mid last year. She also worked under Marcello for awhile then transferred to work under Mauricio after he himself had also transferred to a different group. Then she moved around some more before working for Steve.
Then there’s also Cynthia who doesn’t work for Steve but worked with me under Marcello before transferring. She works with one of the Business Units who I am responsible for so she’s essentially my contact on some backup I need for reporting.
And then there’s Steve himself who I first met almost ten years ago when he was working under Ming-I, he worked closely with Marcello due to the org chart. Then he moved to another group after Ming-I was let go and then eventually found himself where he is today.
And for a short time after working under Christine I then worked under Nan before being transferred to work under Steve almost four years ago.
Oh and I should also mention we’re all sitting in the same section. It just has this Deja vu feel to when I first joined the company. It’s weird how sometimes there’s like a gravity to people where even if you follow a different path for awhile you can find yourself crossing paths again even if you thought that was it for your relationship with them. I’ve noticed that a little in other places in my life too, where sometimes a name you haven’t heard in years just pops up again unexpectedly.
Just thought I’d jot this down :p
EDIT: His last day will actually be end of September.
I’d brought it up with others I worked with before, and I mentioned it to Steve here, I just find it funny how you can find yourself working with people who had transferred to other groups but then later found themselves returning into a similar role.
Steve’s team currently includes Christine, who was my manager for a couple years or so around five years or so back. She transferred sometime in 2019 to I think some position in multinational, and then last year transferred to Steve’s team. And before that she worked with me under Marcello like 10 or maybe 15 years ago before transferring to work under Ming-I, and somehow I had gone from Marcello’s team to working under her.
Ju-an joined Steve’s team mid last year. She also worked under Marcello for awhile then transferred to work under Mauricio after he himself had also transferred to a different group. Then she moved around some more before working for Steve.
Then there’s also Cynthia who doesn’t work for Steve but worked with me under Marcello before transferring. She works with one of the Business Units who I am responsible for so she’s essentially my contact on some backup I need for reporting.
And then there’s Steve himself who I first met almost ten years ago when he was working under Ming-I, he worked closely with Marcello due to the org chart. Then he moved to another group after Ming-I was let go and then eventually found himself where he is today.
And for a short time after working under Christine I then worked under Nan before being transferred to work under Steve almost four years ago.
Oh and I should also mention we’re all sitting in the same section. It just has this Deja vu feel to when I first joined the company. It’s weird how sometimes there’s like a gravity to people where even if you follow a different path for awhile you can find yourself crossing paths again even if you thought that was it for your relationship with them. I’ve noticed that a little in other places in my life too, where sometimes a name you haven’t heard in years just pops up again unexpectedly.
Just thought I’d jot this down :p