Song of the Day - Scandal

I know I haven't done a song in a few days, but I wanted to do a post about severing ties with your old company and "Goodbye to You" popped into my head.  Once again, I have shown my age because when I think of "Goodbye to You" I think of Scandal and not Michelle Branch.  But here's another example of an awful video from the early days of MTV.



Anyway, I think severing ties is an important part of what I call the "cleansing process" after leaving a job.

So one of the first things I did was gather up all of the clothes amassed that have the company logo on there.  Those were all thrown into the Goodwill pile.  We finally went to Goodwill a few weekends ago to get stuff for our Halloween costumes.  (I'll discuss the halloween party in a later post.)  So that feels good that I won't be reminded of my old company when I open the closet in the morning.  Some might consider burning stuff like this afterward, but I feel like it's slightly more productive to donate.  I had actually considered paying for additional company clothing at one point.  That would have been a terrible use of money.

I think transferring your 401k out is another important part of severing ties.  It's more convenient for me because I use a different investment company for my Roth IRA stuff and now they're all together in one spot.  And really, do you want to contact your old HR person about this stuff years down the line?  I'd do the same with my Health Savings Account (HSA) but hopefully, my next company will also do the HSA thing and I can transfer that money too. 

I guess I'm not really severing personal ties, because I do like most of my old coworkers.  When I got the news, I was of course (unfortunately) unfailingly nice and civil about everything.  It would have felt better to give them a piece of my mind and really make things memorable for all involved.  (Side note.  Isn't "giving a piece of my mind" a weird saying anyway?)  I was promised a recommendation letter but I'm still waiting.  Sigh.

Update: I also just removed myself from a Facebook cause that I had joined because of work.  Take that, former company...