Down Another Man
Yesterday, one of our marketers resigned. It was a little unexpected and was probably the weirdest resignation I've ever seen.
Up until yesterday, this marketer had been on medical leave for about two weeks. I had been working on an account of his in his absence so I was happy to see him back so I could bring him up to speed and we could move forward on the account. However, when I met with him yesterday morning, he was very aloof and seemed strangely uninterested. I asked him to join me in my referral meeting with our boss (it's standard practice for the marketer to be present at a referral meeting), but he declined. Then, he didn't show up for our weekly staff meeting. Something was weird definitely going on.
Then the marketer stopped by my desk to talk some more about the account and my referral meeting. I filled him in and then he said, "Well, good luck with that account." What?! I was taken aback. He was treating it like it was no longer his account. To be frank, I was only working on the account because it got assigned to me, but I sure as hell wasn't going to take over the account...it really wasn't that good of account. Then he told me, "Not sure if you heard, but I resigned this morning."
Wow...how was I supposed to respond? Congratulations? Thanks for dumping this and all your other crap accounts on me? What made it even weirder was that he went over to the underwriter sitting next me, informed him of his resignation, and then left the office...for good. He didn't even tell the rest of the people in the office...he just upped and left. One of our assistants was in shock and somewhat angry that he didn't even say goodbye. Our boss didn't even formally tell us about the resignation so there was this weird air around the office. It was really a strange event.
Because of the "mystery" behind it all, we all started to construct our own theories. Maybe he was fired and he just told us that he resigned. Maybe he just got so fed up with failure (he'd been here a year and hadn't written one piece of new business for us). My theory, as bad as it may be, was that he took the job just to take advantage of the health benefits. I'm not proud of the theory, but it totally makes sense. Either way, I'm not really sad to see him leave. He was a strange guy and never made the effort to get to know the people in the office or become a part of the "team."
However, as strange as his resignation was, I shouldn't be surprised at this point with people leaving the company.
Up until yesterday, this marketer had been on medical leave for about two weeks. I had been working on an account of his in his absence so I was happy to see him back so I could bring him up to speed and we could move forward on the account. However, when I met with him yesterday morning, he was very aloof and seemed strangely uninterested. I asked him to join me in my referral meeting with our boss (it's standard practice for the marketer to be present at a referral meeting), but he declined. Then, he didn't show up for our weekly staff meeting. Something was weird definitely going on.
Then the marketer stopped by my desk to talk some more about the account and my referral meeting. I filled him in and then he said, "Well, good luck with that account." What?! I was taken aback. He was treating it like it was no longer his account. To be frank, I was only working on the account because it got assigned to me, but I sure as hell wasn't going to take over the account...it really wasn't that good of account. Then he told me, "Not sure if you heard, but I resigned this morning."
Wow...how was I supposed to respond? Congratulations? Thanks for dumping this and all your other crap accounts on me? What made it even weirder was that he went over to the underwriter sitting next me, informed him of his resignation, and then left the office...for good. He didn't even tell the rest of the people in the office...he just upped and left. One of our assistants was in shock and somewhat angry that he didn't even say goodbye. Our boss didn't even formally tell us about the resignation so there was this weird air around the office. It was really a strange event.
Because of the "mystery" behind it all, we all started to construct our own theories. Maybe he was fired and he just told us that he resigned. Maybe he just got so fed up with failure (he'd been here a year and hadn't written one piece of new business for us). My theory, as bad as it may be, was that he took the job just to take advantage of the health benefits. I'm not proud of the theory, but it totally makes sense. Either way, I'm not really sad to see him leave. He was a strange guy and never made the effort to get to know the people in the office or become a part of the "team."
However, as strange as his resignation was, I shouldn't be surprised at this point with people leaving the company.
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