Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:05:50 -0400
From: lbekich-AT-MNSi.Net (Larry Bekich)
Subject: RE: The joy of giving notice. . .


>-->
>-  Of course you know, a big lumbering
>->company WILL cope just fine without you--no disrespect intended--but being
>->big means they can cope even with several people leaving.  Behemoth
>->corporations take a long time to reverse fortunes.
>
>True. The only people who'll get hurt by my departure are my immediate
>managers, and that's only short term. But the joy in that . . .
>->
>->But --- if you were to leave a small company under similar circumstances
>->--- this could hurt ---and presents a tricky dilema:  that is, if
>->you are a
>->critical part of an organization--and decide to leave at a VERY vulnerable
>->moment (for the company) one can do major harm to the organization but
>->unfortunately also to the ones left behind--that is, their on-going
>->livelihood.  If you have concern for your fellow workers' welfare it might
>->temper your desire to exact harm to your employer.
>
>And it is one of the reasons why I've waited this long--because my departure
>affects three other co-workers in a somewhat autonomous pod. Of course, the
>only way to ever completely solve this problem is to sieze ownership. . . :)

Well done, good luck--hope you do it someday!

Larry