My heart is broken.. i don't remember ever feeling so sad in long long time. I can't stop crying and can't stop feeling disappointed. I hope by the time I finish this post I would have found enough energy to put this painful week at the back of my memories..
July 27th 2009 (Monday)
The week started with Micro Focus's acquisition of Borland having been complete. Anxious that the signage was planned to be taken down in the afternoon, everyone rushed to take the last photos with our ever-so-beloved Borland..
July 28th 2009 (Tuesday)
We received news that our Headquarters in Austin faced a huge layoff.. remaining headcount.. ~8?
Shermaine came to IBP, we rushed to take more photos...
July 29th 2009 (Wednesday)
The worst day for EQC - Enterprise Quality Center, EQC was cut..
Our last group lunch as Borland employees at Hans, Chevrons just opposite of our Strategy building.. We may all be smiling but if you look closely, u could probably see some swollen eyes..
It was a sleepless night for me.. i found my tears flowing uncontrollably while lying in bed... The efforts of many for the past 3+ years have been lost just like that. An uninformed decision to remove our center without ever understanding what values it came with, why it was an asset to Borland and teams worldwide. We've gone through so much.. only those that went through it will know.
Now...
My heart still aches, tears continue to flow.. once a happy and enjoyable morning walk to the office where i used to do some loud singing along the road to scare the drivers, turned into a dreadful, tearful, painful one on Thursday morning. (Thanks TW for the barley drink..) The empty office and the loss of happy sounds.. futing's heavy elephant footsteps in the morning.. cindy's whining "huh.. cheryl.. u know what happened??"... sally and vinayak's "good mornings" and alan's (my ever-so-respected manager) cheerful and motivating "GOOD MORNING!".. Until now I still can't face alan to thank him properly.. "boss, thanks from the bottom of my heart." I can't even find words to express it..
We've come a long way.. it's unfortunate that it had to come to an end but the friendships built will remain. We'll continue to strive and achieve more as individuals and who knows when our paths will cross again...
It is gonna be a tough 3 months as I continue to return to the once energy-filled, laughter-filled, EQC office to continue with my transition. Then it will also be Goodbye to Silk.. my "baby" SCTM and the great people and friends I've made from Linz... :(
1 comments:
I thought My tears have been dried up for the past a few days. I still couldn't control it when I was reading your blog.
Cheryl, we both need to be strong! I know you will miss my heavy footsteps, I also will miss your Cherylish "I'm so scared".
Yes, they just simply remove our center without ever understanding what values it came with They don't understand we have so many talented people, which are the true treasure of Borland. And as what you said, the products are like our babies, they just took away our growing babies and let us go! How cruel it is!
The worst thing is the day after we were chopped off, someone even gave the speech and said he saw we had an interesting department called EQC, maybe they could make use of it. He didn't even know the entire department had already been CUT OFF!!!
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