10 things I'll miss about my job
1. Morning meeting smackdowns, nerd style. ("In my admittedly jaundiced opinion..." "It's hard to fathom..." "Of course, you're familiar with the Cartesian argument...")
2. Plastic cups of red table wine at closing night dinner.
3. Two-month deadlines.
4. Time Inc. office gossip. Juicy, juicy stuff.
5. My corporate Amex. Oh, how I'll miss you, little green plastic friend.
6. Hanging with visiting foreign correspondents (yo, Simons, Hannah, Aryn).
7. Throngs of upward-facing tourists outside (specifically, body-slamming said tourists).
8. Pours.
9. Mentoring.
10. Free People magazine. Good-bye, Britney. Good-bye, fat Oprah. Fridays are a little dimmer now.
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10 things you'll like about being your own boss
1. Morning breakfasts with your daughters
2. Wine in a real wine glass at dinner (or anytime during the day!)
3. No deadlines unless you decide to take a project
4. Carpool line gossip (way juicier)
5. OK, this one's tough. But green plastic friends can be replaced with real friends...or a Target REDcard
6. Hanging with anyone you want
7. Body slamming during the holidays at the grocery store, bank, post office, library
8. ???
9. Mentoring anyone you want, including your kids
10. People Mag online! -
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...and I'll miss you most of all, Scarecrow. (Pours are what we call staff cocktails. Y'know, for promotions and other celebrations. We haven't had any in a while.)
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5. My corporate Amex. Oh, how I'll miss you, little green plastic friend.
Thank you Lisa, for reopening that wound I thought had healed...
The hours no longer wasted in airport terminals and nondescript hotels, the mindless banter while waiting for elevators, the mysterious flashing light on the photocopier when already five minutes late for a brain-melting meeting, the burnt coffee with stomach-churning "non-dairy creamer"... ah the corporate ladder. -
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Best of luck, Lisa. Do good things with the rest of your life.
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Wait, you get free People...and you DIDN'T negotiate that as part of your severance package? I'd revisit that whole thing if I were you.
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Oh, I'll miss the tech team. Calling a pro to ask how to remove chewing gum from a keyboard: priceless.
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Wait 'til you take your first conference call lying in bed, then work the rest of the day on your home computer in your jammies. Lemme tell ya, the things you miss about the office will fade rather quickly. Btw, Oprah's on a 4pm.
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Lisa, who's Scarecrow? Did you mean me? Have another glass of wine (in a wineglass)!
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I really enjoyed reading your blog. I'm sorry it will come to an end. Do you have plans to start another workplace blog on your own?
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Why don't you just keep writing your blog, doesn't have to be through TIME, and it certainly doesn't have to be about working! I mean, who is working these days, anyway? But you've got a great voice, and it will be missed. I didn't find you till recently, and now you're leaving. Whine, whine, whine.
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Hello lisa,
if you decide to start another blog, please please please let me know. I can't imagine not checking your blog every day in the hope that you have new posts
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Yes, Lisa, I can appreciate all the above, it takes a while to get used to things... If you get time you might want to checkout, "Working Through Unemployment" my blog which is at http://www.workhope.wordpress.com Every good wish
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You will be surprised at how little you miss your job, if you just let yourself admit it. I am in the middle of deliberately taking three months off to see what happens when "job" is out of the picture. A lot of really interesting stuff is coming up - like how much more I enjoy blogging than I do working.(and I had a really interesting job.) Things I miss about my job? Meetings - they give you time to think your own thoughts, write poetry, meditate and generally have an excuse to do precisely nothing. By the way I found your blog because it was an automatically generated suggestion from my blog! I am at http://www.wordpress.nicolemason.com in case you are interested in where WordPress is automatically sending readers!
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