I stayed…

It’s almost a year now when I had an offer to join an IT company as a Recruiter. The offer was really good and the promises were really tempting. Yet after weighing all the factors, I decided to stay with Accenture.

Admittedly, it was not an easy choice at all. I even remember I told Miss Amie Buizon I’m really to accept the offer of the said company. My Team Lead friends were also saddened, my teammate felt abandoned and I had this guilty feeling that I am to leave a company which has molded me into the young professional that I am right now. And yes, the guilt was heightened by the fact that I am to leave my Black Pearl babies (since I recruited their majority). It needed two Managers (who ironically, are dear friends) to convince and to put it more bluntly, bully me to stay. I remember how tiring the session was with Glenn David and Jenie Mercado; for I know it’s also hard for them to do such. I remember the e-mails and the online chats I had with Mitch Gross, some were ill-toned but majority was a friend-to-friend chat. I will always remember his line, “I wouldn't be fighting so hard here to keep you”. And that turned the table around…

Now, as I look at the year that was, I felt that indeed it was one of the wisest decision I’ve ever made, personally and professionally. I have met more and better people, seen good initiatives for the company, been part of the major changes and plans of the organization and have maximized and realized my potentials as one of the company’s leaders. Realizing all the benefits, I didn’t have any regrets. I take pride of being a part of a very dynamic and successful company, and will always be proud of its name, its reputation and its core values. I may or may have stayed, but I know Accenture has and will always give me home, kilometers away from my real abode. I know that indeed with Accenture, I truly belong…

I am not writing this to convince Accenture employees to stay with the company, to reduce the high attrition rate that we are experiencing now (all industries anyway are on this dilemma actually). I know I’m not the best person to deliver this kind of message, and I know I wouldn’t be convincing enough. But we all know there’s no such thing as a perfect organization. Outside we would always see greener pastures, outside there will always be better offers but definitely, outside’s still a world of uncertainty. To the present times when there’s high unemployment rate and/or there are many companies who are “fly by night”, we would definitely agree that it’s not worth risking for. You may feel dissatisfied one time (who wouldn’t anyway), but one thing we all know and probably would like with Accenture is the fact that there will always be ways to hone your skills and there’ll always be windows of opportunities where you can test your feet into… as long as you have the passion and the commitment to excel. I have had those the past year and I know, there are more things to come my way. Let me just clarify, I am not a “blessed son” of Accenture, I simply just know how to love the company I am serving for… And with that, I know blessings are and will be innumerable.

Here’s to more years of being proud to say, I am an Accenture employee!!!

Update:

Glorietta bombing has 11 casualties already. And to this day, the cause of the blast is still subject for investigation.