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Hey, can we chat on Zoom real quick?

Hey, can we chat on Zoom real quick?

by Matt · Jul 31, 2023

Hmmm? Why is our enginerring director asking me to chat with him on Zoom right in the middle of my team’s daily standup? I’m talking about a problem right now I need help with. I can’t drop off the call, yet.

Hmmm. William just dropped off the daily team call. Dropped a note in chat saying he had to talk to the engineering director – right away!

This is not good.

Been there. Done that. Don’t want to do it again.

So I drop off the call and join the engineering director’s Zoom.

Ah, the HR person is here too. This is not getting any better.

  • “Business is down”.
  • “Financial challenges”.
  • “Not performance related”.
  • “Company wide restructuring.”
  • “Effective immediately.”

S$!t. It is happening again.

On a positive note, WebDevStudios did send me a very nice letter of recommendation, and my engineering manager did offer to go on record and be a reference for me, and he did urge me to re-apply should the financial position of the company turn around. All of those things were a first for me.

WebDevStudios was a very good company to work for. I learned a lot. I felt like I was able to contribute. My opinions were heard. Management responded when given the opportunity. They truly have the whole remote worker thing down. Noone should ever feel left out there – even if we are hundreds or thousands of miles apart.

What to do?

Cap Web Solutions is still going strong. I didn’t move it to the back burner during my 10 months at WDS. I just time shifted my business working hours. It made for long days and limited weekends, but I do love owning my own agency and being my own boss. Back to it full time now.

One thing is for certain though.

I don’t think I’ll ever hear myself saying to my self, “Hey Matt, you got a minute to jump on a Zoom? I need to talk to you about something this morning.”

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  1. Michael Beckwith says

    07/31/2023 at 10:34 pm

    Will definitely miss working with you during what times I did.

    Reply
    • Matt says

      08/01/2023 at 8:12 am

      Right back at you Michael. I was looking forward to meeting f2f you at WDScamp and talking about your experiences at WDS.

      Reply

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