The other end of the line

9 years ago this month I moved to DC for a job with Boeing. I loved it and DC from the moment I got here. A bad manager and a few life changes later and I left 5 years later. It was a hard choice but once I got there, nothing could have changed my mind. I spoke to several VPs, a few higher ups, my mentor but there was nothing they could say to change my mind. My career has progressed pretty well since then. And today I found myself scrambling to see what I could do to keep a really good employee. Making that phone call, asking what could be done but knowing there was nothing I could say. I'd been there. I'd heard his words come straight from my mouth and knew how solidified the position was. I had noticed a month or so back when I was the one that stepped in and got a situation resolved that the people under me were floundering in. But it's official now, I'm no longer the young one in the office. Somehow I became the responsible one. I'm now that one the college hires can't relate to.

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Dad's Salsa

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