Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Two months ago, I finally decided to put down my paper and move on. It was the toughest decision I made for multiple reasons even I could not determine which reason weighs more than the other. Deciding to leave an organization you worked with for almost eight years is never easy. I learned to love my colleagues as my family, best friend, and mentor. Needless to say, my work defined my life and even myself that is why I was really scared to open a new door and start again.

Choosing a new company was equally difficult. At first, I thought I will never have a chance to choose since it took awhile before I got my first interview. Then after I created several online applications, multiple opportunities came my way. I can't believe there were so many options available for an HR professional. I guess staying in the company for eight years built walls that eventually convinced me that it is irrational to explore. Well, now I know I was wrong. This experience taught me to understand why I should stay and when to have the courage to move on.

Going for interviews while working was a stressful and funny experience. I knew it was just a matter of time, like what Francis Kong said "If you are looking for a job, you will find it!". True enough I did get selected by two great companies and the last dark horse who swept me away. I was supposed to join a promising start up which opened the chance for me to travel to Europe and US within the year but in a sudden twist of fate and a stroke of luck, my former boss called and invited me to join a company which has sites in Cavite, Pampanga, Davao, Iloilo, and Bacolod. I will not only get the chance to live with Nanay in Cavite, I can also visit my home town Davao more often. On top of that, I can be free from the horrendous traffic of Manila. Don't get me wrong, a part of myself felt sad letting go of the opportunity to travel abroad and get to be in places I can only dream off. However, when June 6 came and I arrived to my new office with a tinge of regret not being in Paris, I was shocked to find out in facebook that Paris was submerged under water due to flood. That was it! I called it the final sign that afterall, I made the right decision.