Hi, I posted this in my journal, but thought I might get additional feedback here.
I started quitting yesterday. Well, I told my boss who co-owns the company that I would not be able to succeed and be productive in my position. She left the door open for me to imagine another position, which she would then consider with the other owners, and asked me to write a summary of our conversation. I copied the summary below.
I am looking for advice or a sounding board about how this summary reads and reccommendations, opinions, and facepunches.
I don't have FU money, I have convinced myself that I can balance my family on the benefits cliff over the short term (<5 years) by controlling my gross household income to between $45,000-$55,000/year while we have three children in full time daycare and DW's business grows.
"Following our conversation on Tuesday, I wrote up this summary of my thoughts regarding my performance and success since being hired with [Company].
The conclusion I have reached is that I can not envision myself succeeding and being productive in my position. I need to focus on work I can do well while growing my skill set and surrounding myself with mentors. We discussed that I think either part time work without benefits or independent contracting for discrete tasks within my skill set would be a role in which I can succeed and be productive.
I can envision potential benefits for both me and the company with a formal part time or contracting agreement. I would benefit from the company workload and resources while the company would be able to shift work to me without overhead costs. A formal agreement and continued collaboration could also provide a path back to full time employment if the time was right. I have included a brainstorm below of tasks in my skill set and skills I would like to develop.
The tasks that are within my skill set are:
• Small Water Systems
o PER
o Design and Permit applications
o Construction inspection/certification
o Treatment optimization
o O&M creation
o Asset Management plan creation
o Level 2 Assessments
• Septic design
• Annual wastewater inspections.
• Stormwater system evaluations and inspections.
• Submittal review
• Small job, part time or back up resident observation
• Topographic survey
• Field verification
Skills/Certifications I want to develop to grow my skill set and advance my career are:
• ASCE Drinking Water Treatment Certification course series
• CRM software
• Report Creation and Presentation software
• Drone operation
• Soils Certificate
• Wetlands Identification
• Drinking Water and Wastewater Operator licenses
• Project Management Professional certification
• Financial Planning
• Quality Management
• Teaching
• Topographic Surveying - I’d like to pursue the use of LiDAR for base map creation.
• WQA Master Water Specialist."