{"id":472,"date":"2019-11-22T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inswwdev.azurewebsites.net\/au\/insights\/uncategorized\/my-years-at-insentra-an-open-letter\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T01:00:00","slug":"my-years-at-insentra-an-open-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/gb\/insights\/not-geek-speak\/culture\/my-years-at-insentra-an-open-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"My Years at Insentra \u2013 An Open Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"

To Ronnie, Steve, Itzik and Albert,<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s unbelievable but it\u2019s been almost 5 years already.\u00a0 On joining Insentra in November 2014, I didn\u2019t really know how long I\u2019d stay.\u00a0 What you did not know at the time was that there was a very highly paid contract PM role on the table at the same time as you offered me the Resource Management role.\u00a0 I clearly remember tearing myself up in knots over it.\u00a0 How could I possibly turn down the money?\u00a0 Why was I even considering working at Insentra in a role I was \u201coverqualified\u201d for?\u00a0 Was I completely nuts?\u00a0 Shouldn\u2019t I put my family first and take the high pressure, highly paid job, and to hell with my own personal fear of failure?<\/span><\/p>\n

But, you know, I look back at my decision to join Insentra with zero regrets.\u00a0 And here\u2019s why.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before my first child, I had a lot of experience and proven success at managing high profile projects and programs with large budgets reporting to C level stakeholders.\u00a0 But after being off work for so long (18 months) I felt a little rusty.\u00a0 I had brain-fog and the thought of jumping back into a role where the pressure was high from the get-go was not appealing; in fact, it made me quite anxious.\u00a0 I was a first-time mum with no idea how I\u2019d cope with a full-time job and what\u2019s more, I had guilt before I\u2019d even started a job for leaving my baby in the hands of day care. \u00a0I worried I wouldn\u2019t cope. I worried I would fail at being a good parent to my child AND I worried I would fail at being an effective and useful member of the team at my new job.\u00a0 No way was I putting myself in that situation.\u00a0 Me?\u00a0 \u201cMrs Do It Perfectly or don\u2019t do it at all\u201d???\u00a0 The job at Insentra suited me perfectly, it was part time, it wasn\u2019t too demanding of my shrunken brain, the atmosphere was relaxed and friendly, the team was small so I didn\u2019t need to remember hundreds of names right off the bat and to top it off you also once told me \u201cas long as you get your work done, it doesn\u2019t matter where you do it\u201d, which, to a new mum who has no idea how she\u2019s going to balance being a parent and a new job, was music to my ears.\u00a0 And whilst I secretly feared I would let you (and myself) down, I also knew you well enough to know that finger pointing wasn\u2019t your game.\u00a0 One Team, One Dream WAS (and still IS) your game and the very sentiment made me feel confident that any mistake I made wasn\u2019t going to be used as a stick to beat me with.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another reason for the \u201cno regrets\u201d is because you helped me ease myself back into my career path when I was ready.\u00a0 By the time I was due to go on maternity leave with my second child, I felt ready to get back into Project Management.\u00a0 I approached you about it and asked you to consider me for a PM role when I returned from maternity leave.\u00a0 You listened to my request, considered it carefully, took a chance on me to do the job (without really knowing my abilities) and then carved a path for me.\u00a0 In most places, you must leave the company to move into a new role, probably because you\u2019re too valuable where you are.\u00a0 For an employer to move you requires investment. It costs to fill the role, it costs to develop the person who\u2019s moving, it costs because these things take time.\u00a0 I knew you weren\u2019t really looking to hire another PM when I was due to come back from maternity leave, but I can only assume you saw my potential and hence created the PM role for me.\u00a0 Believe me, it didn\u2019t go unnoticed or unappreciated that you did that for me.<\/span><\/p>\n

And thirdly, the family atmosphere you created at Insentra is also very special.\u00a0 Being a migrant to Australia, I have little family here and you became that family for me.\u00a0 You have celebrated my children\u2019s\u2019 birthdays with me plenty of times as though I am one of your own family, and that means more to me than I can put in words.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are plenty of other reasons I don\u2019t regret my decision, but this isn\u2019t \u201cWar and Peace\u201d so I\u2019ll get to the point.\u00a0 Firstly, I wanted to say a long overdue thank you for the opportunity and for becoming my extended family here in Australia.\u00a0 Secondly, I want to send some encouragement back your way.\u00a0 I want to tell you that Insentra truly is the best place to work in Australia, regardless of what a poll says.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Insentra is set apart by the team spirit and our deep understanding of the importance of collaboration.\u00a0 You have created and maintained a family atmosphere that makes everyone feel like they belong.\u00a0 You give people the opportunity to explore their thoughts and ideas; you embrace thought leadership and being presented with new ideas.\u00a0 You understand what motivates us \u2013 and what doesn\u2019t; you leverage our strengths and skills and provide opportunities to develop and grow; you are flexible and trust us to get the job done which fosters so much loyalty.\u00a0 These things are the reason I stick around.<\/span><\/p>\n

You have managed to select people with integrity, and you trust every team member to do their best work and be the best version of themselves.\u00a0 You have enabled us to trust in the leadership to steer the train in the right direction with your updates. We all learn from failure; we view it as an opportunity and to learn and grow rather than something negative to shy away from.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

I am honoured and grateful to have been included on this journey with you and I can\u2019t wait to see what the next 5 years has in store.<\/span><\/p>\n

Much love.<\/span><\/p>\n

Penny<\/span><\/p>\n

xxx<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To Ronnie, Steve, Itzik and Albert, It\u2019s unbelievable but it\u2019s been almost 5 years already.\u00a0 On joining Insentra in November 2014, I didn\u2019t really know how long I\u2019d stay.\u00a0 What you did not know at the time was that there was a very highly paid contract PM role on the table at the same time… Continue reading My Years at Insentra \u2013 An Open Letter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insentragroup.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}