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I am changing employers and I gave a long notice period, but I didn’t do enough risk assesment because last Tuesday I was “termainated early” but paid out for my notice period.

I worked at my former employer for a signifigant period of time, enough time to build a good reputation and some really good champions of my programs/ideas. But with restructuring comes alot of upheaveal and change, the impact on me was a former coworker turned manager with his senior leaders not being technical leaders in the same domain.

Putting aside that the former coworker turned manager was a very close “work friend” I have never been more disappointed professionally. I gave a long notice because I don’t like to lie by ommission, but it was weaponized and lead to fallout and my early termination. I don’t fully blame my coworker, they are intelligent, ambitious and really early in a career which I know will be successful. But the crap sandwich the coworker was handed: new leaders & old leaders dumping responsibilities without mentoring guardrails has had so many ripples.

I have heard 3rd hand about how stakeholders are asking if I was fired, who will be doing my former work, why was I let go? The decsions that one or 2 people made has had an impact on culture, trust in my former work area and concern about future work output?

Week also sucks because the bestest boy doggo, Connor, has to cross over the rainbow bridge. He’s a very senior doggy and is having mobility problems and potty troubles. His pawrents have been very patient, Connor helped his Daddo through some very trying personal situations with his devotional love and always wagging tail. Connor will be missed by so many puppers and humans.

The 23rd is the start date with that new employer, it’s also the date we turned off the machines for my brother. My other sibling has organized a casual open house for a rememberance but what does it do other than acknowledge a year has passed without my brother? His daughters and son finished another grade, they had birthdays and Christmas without him there. My brother’s spouse didn’t get to have her Valentine there, or flowers on their anniversary.

I truely hope the people that were in thier vacation sprinter understand how much damage they did with their inexperience driving that van. They ran over my brother, he died. My parents had to deal with the worst senario in dealing with their child’s death, my sister is dealing with her grief with spamming social media with uplifiting videos. I am have been ruminating about my mountain biking and how it’s too risky and I might get hurt. Those people in the van have to live with they took a husband, father, son, brother and friend away from so many people. Or they were just given a ticket for the hassle….. welcome to Alberta policing and the Canadian justice system.