I Finally Said "GoodBye"...

Congratulations on moving on! Wishing you a movement up the corporate ladder with a higher salary and a even better company! (not to say that your current ex company is bad. Don't get me wrong!) You are so lucky that your boss still maintained a good relationship with you even though you had left the comapny. Lol, not everybody can be invited back to a company's party when they resign. YOu must have been a good contribution to the company for that to have happened! Whatever it is, you are so lucky! Well, I had maintained very good relationships with all the managers and bosses of all my ex-companies. As I was previously from the F&B line, maintaining a good relationship with my ex-colleagues is not tough as we are a team when we are working.. So, when a person resign, it's a huge loss to all of us as our bonds while working is very close. Thus, all of us were very good friends and when I resigned, we still maintain that sense of closeness that we had when I was working over at the previous two companies. Once in a while, we still go out for tea and supper even though I am now working 9-5. Lol, and we reminice about the good ole' times.

I think in my case the bridge was burnt. I do not know what may have happened. I gave the company a two week notice, and I trained my replacement thoroughly. Everyone was hugging me on my last day, they even gave me a party, with gifts. I was told that if ever I needed a reference to contact them. So, what went wrong? One day when I got off early from work I decided to stop by my old job and say hello to some of my previous co workers. There was only one employee in the office, because she said everyone was told they could go home early. We chatted and I left telling her to tell other's hello for me. The next week a co worker who I saw on a daily basis, because my new job was in the same area, said to me that I was going to receive a letter from the company. They did not like the fact that I was there during a time when the office was closed. I did nothing wrong, I was a former employee, visiting to say hello. I have done this at all the jobs I have left without any problems. Well, I received a certified letter, at my new place of employment and at home, stating that I was not to step foot on the premises without permission or I would be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Now, where did that come from. That is why I say my bridge was burnt. Ironically, I got laid off from the new job two months ago, I saw that my old position at the previous job was open, and I wrote a nice cover letter and submitted my resume. I have not heard from them. I guess they have their own agenda why I am now taboo.