That bit of recognition

This entry should originally appear on 26 Oct 2007.

Today is my last day of work at this company.

Actually, my last day should be on the past tuesday, but because of project083, I decided to stay a few more days so that I can finish up more work for the client.

A bit of background on proj083.. This is an account that I didnt think I will get signed, because of many factors.
1) During the first meeting, I got into a major argument with my sales team in front of the client.
2) There are 5 persons in the committee that the client set up, and it is already not easy to win one client over, lest to say 5.
3) One of my competitors were the clients' existing contractor, and my clients were not dissatisfied with them at all.
4) After the first round of price war, we were 50% more expensive than our competitors.

But of course, I carry out certain moves to increase my chance to bag the account, but I didnt think my pros out weighed the cons that much.

The clients were comfortable with us, and although I can see that the director is eager to see my sales team than myself, the consolation was that he recognised that I was the one doing all the work, and was never stingy with his compliments.

That should be one of the push factor that for me to keep going that extra tens of miles for them.

Although talk is cheap, everyone deserves the basic courtesy nod when they had put in good effort in their work. How difficult is it to pay someone flattery that they deserve？ I am not shy to admit that I feel more motivated with suitable words of praise.

If I were to leave on tuesday, I would be missing out in a lot of the final details of the account and at the same time leave a lot of loose ends for my manager to tie. That is something that I dont want to see happening because I had always pride myself to be a responsible person and I have no wish to crap on my name during my last days in this job.


Today, I still had meetings to attend with clients of proj083. I kept mostly silent during the whole meeting, only nodding to show my support when my manager talked to the clients. At this junction, I cannot be speaking and making anymore promises to the clients that I am not sure if my manager would be happy to accommodate.

At the end of the long meeting, my manager announced of my leaving, and my clients, though clearly surprised, shook my hand and wished me best of luck. They thanked me for bringing the project this far ahead with them, and that since I had already completed " 99.9%", the rest of the minor details will be easily solved.

I smiled, with a warm feeling in my heart. They had been so kind to me all this while and have not even the tiniest bit of reprimand for leaving the project in lurch.

From the bottom of my heart..

THANK YOU.