Mem has left the building
Today was my last day after more than 21 years at Oracle. Yep. That's the corporate entity that I used to work for and whose name I carefully never mentioned in social media. Lots of hugs from people in the building, but not even an acknowledgement from management that I was leaving. No exit interview. No one assigned to take my badge, or my credit card, or my office key.
I went into my office planning to do a set of a dozen or so reports and re-write one macro. And found that the only thing I had access to was email. So I re-coded the macro, tested it, and mailed it out to my co-worker. Then had a phone conversation with him about the reports that he is going to have to take over - because I no longer have access. He asked how he is supposed to get access and I didn't know. I've had it since the system was created. No idea what people do now. And that, in a nutshell, is how I feel about leaving. I am very glad I don't have to go to work on Monday. This or any Monday. But I have no idea how my team will manage to get things done. They've been told just to absorb my work. There will be no replacement hiring. And while I care personally for the efforts and overwork of my friends and co-workers, I don't really give a fig for whether or not Oracle accomplishes it's ill-managed purposes and tasks. I've done too much, for too long, with too little reward. Screw 'em.
I went into my office planning to do a set of a dozen or so reports and re-write one macro. And found that the only thing I had access to was email. So I re-coded the macro, tested it, and mailed it out to my co-worker. Then had a phone conversation with him about the reports that he is going to have to take over - because I no longer have access. He asked how he is supposed to get access and I didn't know. I've had it since the system was created. No idea what people do now. And that, in a nutshell, is how I feel about leaving. I am very glad I don't have to go to work on Monday. This or any Monday. But I have no idea how my team will manage to get things done. They've been told just to absorb my work. There will be no replacement hiring. And while I care personally for the efforts and overwork of my friends and co-workers, I don't really give a fig for whether or not Oracle accomplishes it's ill-managed purposes and tasks. I've done too much, for too long, with too little reward. Screw 'em.