Redemption
I’ve been with my company for almost 8.5 years. And I’ve received my share of awards (pride goeth before a fall, cocky Kim of 2004!) and accolades in the past. Even a promotion.
Almost two years ago I hit control-alt-delete on my career and — much to the bewilderment of my managers and the other higher-ups — gave up the management job that I was promoted to. It just wasn’t a good fit for me at that point in time. So I took a backseat role in our department and have been happy ever since. But when I did that, I resigned myself to the fact that I committed career suicide. That I’d be blacklisted from the range of honors and awards that are doled out here on a regular basis.
So when the email arrived last week telling me I was nominated for Employee of the Quarter, I did a double take. Me? Really? I read it again. I really *was* nominated for Employee of the Quarter! The winner gets a parking spot, a jacket, a nice sum of cash, and a chance to be Employee of the Year.
The reception for the 14 nominees was at 4pm. They read a nice passage about each of us who won and I was shocked to learn that I was nominated twice…once with Coworker Sharon for the groundbreaking work we’re doing in Advertising and once with Coworkers M and S for our work together on the new redesign. Then, the publisher announced the winner.
Rather, winners. Somebody from Circulation won for her great work w/our Customer Service department.
And …
Our 3-person web redesign group won too!!!
I very nearly burst into tears.
The money, the jacket, the baseball cap and the parking spot are fantastic
But I received a prize that trumps them all….
The knowledge that, again, I am good at what I do.
Posted at: 7:06 pm in General, Kim v. 3.0, Work | Permanent Link | 7 Comments - add yours! »
Tags: redemption, Work
