Wow Jacqui I thought my job was stressful! That corporate world sounds tough. And your manager !!! Eekkk ! But when it’s taken away through illness it’s out of your control , so it makes it worse. But you made your choice in the end and sounds like no going back. Phew !
Hej Francis - it was a tough environment, but it kinda creeps up on you so that you don’t realise just how toxic things have become until you leave and look at it from the outside. There was so much more in there about the company and my manager in earlier drafts. In the end I decided to cut a lot out as it was more me venting than offering anything useful to the reader. And I didn’t want a nasty legal letter from them! I’ve never regretted for a moment the choice I made to get out.
Dear Jacqui, listening to your beautiful voice and feeling your pain again, is sad and have loads of regrets. Wish I could have done more for you. Your book is a lesson for all of us in the corporate set up. Thank you for sharing your story and lessons.
You describe the jolt of your identity – and work identity – changing so vividly, Jacqui. Corporate detox sounds about right! Interesting that you were recognising that your motivations were different, even before illness struck. I'm sure many of us relate to times when we've had to pivot from what we thought we were cut out for, by circumstance or choice.
Thank you Wendy - it was so much more challenging to set aside that work persona and find 'me' again than I ever would have expected. Now I'm off to share it on LinkedIn where that 'old' me used to spend so much time...
Wow Jacqui I thought my job was stressful! That corporate world sounds tough. And your manager !!! Eekkk ! But when it’s taken away through illness it’s out of your control , so it makes it worse. But you made your choice in the end and sounds like no going back. Phew !
Hej Francis - it was a tough environment, but it kinda creeps up on you so that you don’t realise just how toxic things have become until you leave and look at it from the outside. There was so much more in there about the company and my manager in earlier drafts. In the end I decided to cut a lot out as it was more me venting than offering anything useful to the reader. And I didn’t want a nasty legal letter from them! I’ve never regretted for a moment the choice I made to get out.
Good decision Jacqui
Dear Jacqui, listening to your beautiful voice and feeling your pain again, is sad and have loads of regrets. Wish I could have done more for you. Your book is a lesson for all of us in the corporate set up. Thank you for sharing your story and lessons.
Your comment about the weekends really resonated with me. Not planning anything as it's recovery time... too scared to socialise. Totally been there!
So glad that you could recognise the feeling. It's so damn hard. 🤗
You describe the jolt of your identity – and work identity – changing so vividly, Jacqui. Corporate detox sounds about right! Interesting that you were recognising that your motivations were different, even before illness struck. I'm sure many of us relate to times when we've had to pivot from what we thought we were cut out for, by circumstance or choice.
Thank you Wendy - it was so much more challenging to set aside that work persona and find 'me' again than I ever would have expected. Now I'm off to share it on LinkedIn where that 'old' me used to spend so much time...