Good news!

I don't remember if I've expressed the worry I have for the staff that I left behind.

It is considerable.

For the first couple of weeks after I jumped ship, the boss was on her best behavior. She made sure that everyone had what they needed, was supportive of ideas and endeavors, handed out time off like aspirin and was generally the 'World's Best Boss'. Unfortunately, but not unexpectedly, that was fairly short-lived.



Boss quickly reverted to her screaming-blaming-idiotic-crazy.

And has remained so.

I have two people on the staff that I've been particularly concerned about. One man, one woman. Jim and Anna. I hired both of them, trained them and promoted them. Of everyone I left behind, I missed them both the most.

I talk to Anna almost every day, still. She checks in via text or Facebook. We're actually going to have lunch in just a little while with a few of my other folks.

Jim took my leaving as abandonment and hasn't spoken to me since. I'm not going to lie. It kind of hurts my feelings, but, I can see where he'd be pissed enough to cut off communication. And it's his prerogative. One day, he'll get out of there and hopefully understand why I had to do what I did and we can be friends again. And if not, I don't think I'll lose sleep.

At any rate, Anna has a new job! She turned in her notice last week and will be out of there in two weeks. She had actually been looking for something new since before I left. The boss did / does not like her. To be honest, the boss doesn't like anyone smarter than her.

Which leaves a very, very small population for her to like. Mostly toddlers.

Anna is going to work in a real office where you have to dress up every day and is going to make real, grown-up money. I think she'll enjoy the money part, but I'm going to wager that she'll miss jeans and flip-flops in about two weeks.