I work at one of the “big boxes” as do numerous people like me. Many of us are at the age where we might view our jobs as….well…though not exactly the elephants graveyard most certainly closer the finish than the start. Many of us have had careers where we’ve enjoyed the fruits and rewards for supplying a skill or knowledge over many years. We’ve been leaders and mentors in fields that have ultimately deemed us far too expensive in today’s exported jobs and imported labor economy and so dumped us like refugees to huddle at the “big box” refugee camps in hopes our work ethic may provide some small security.
But we work side by side with a different story. We work with those young enough to see that “big box” as a beginning and so grasp its opportunities and I’m sadly glad to have just witnessed that very thing. My mentor in my new field of flooring and décor has been diligent and has shown the patience of skilled leadership. It feels odd to me in that in my past life it was the elders who did the mentoring and now I learn my new skills from the young .
David is leaving. His abilities have been recognized and he has been promoted to a much higher position at a different store and this is a truly wonderful thing and I am pleased about that . Our working lives have intersected briefly on their directionally opposite paths and I’m pleased they did though disappointed in how brief.
Go get em Buddy ……I’m sure the next step is just that… a step for you .
