Just listening to what everyone has to say, I find it funny that very few, if anyone, knows that true reason I am leaving the RoomStore. 

So I figured I would just say what me leaving is really all about.

First of all, it has nothing to do with my family not working there anymore.  Of course, my mom worked there for years, and even a couple years before I even joined on.  Even my brother decided it would be a great idea at the time to sign up, just to keep busy.  After they both left, it wasn't something that bothered me not to work there still.  I didn't feel out of place or anything.  So ya, squashing that one.

I have also heard that it was because of my "loss of power."  I can tell you, the power that I had, wasn't anything to mention, so to lose this so called "power" that I held, I wasn't too upset about.  I can tell you that I was upset about being reassigned tasks that I did every day, but after actually sitting back and thinking why that manager chose to do so, totally makes sense, and hell, it was one or two things that I didn't have to do any longer =D

Lastly, and the true reason that I am leaving.  I am someone that LOVES to excel.  I want to excel at everything I do.  I want to be that best of the best and to do so I need to keep moving.  It was April of this year that I decided that there was absolutely nothing else that I could move up to at the RoomStore.  Being an office manager for 6 years was nice because of the potential bonuses and the annual pay raises, but being that the bonuses weren't happening with a company that was profiting as much as it did 2 years ago, and the annual performances and pay increases were suspended at this time, I ambition to keep going slowly diminished.  The last thing that I received as a "promotion" was becoming the company trainer.  Friggin' sweet!  I get to train all the new people that come into the company...too bad we are on a hiring freeze and aren't hiring people like we use to...

Now please, don't get me wrong.  The RoomStore has been a great place to work for these last 7+ years.  I have learned so much being a manager, a customer service rep, how to handle money, speak to people, manage things, and do things professionally that you aren't going to learn in a book at school or be told by your friends or family.  It was something that I actually needed to do and I did for so long because I did like where I worked.

I will be moving on to a place where I can experience something very new.  Meet new people, expand my knowledge of the business world (instead of just the retail side), and have yet another chance to excel for years to come. 

To everyone out there: I hope that you have found or do find something out there that you enjoy doing.  I wish you all the best and we will see you all around.

Sir Aaron