[Magdalen] Here's the letter I just sent my former employer.

[Kate Conant]

Good luck, Mike.  I'll be praying for you.

Kate


"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
humbly with your God?"
Micah 6:8


On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 7:14 PM M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

> Thoroughly reviewed and edited by my Union team.  And how!  Anyone
> familiar with Christopher Guest's "For Your Consideration" knows that my
> "Home for Purim" has been considerably remolded!  (I'm still there, though.)
>
> August 16, 2018
>
> Dear Executive Management Team:
>
> Upon further and deep reflection, I have decided to write you to request
> that my resignation of July 31, 2018, be rescinded, and that I be
> reinstated to my former position of Water Resources Technician at the
> Agency.  The circumstances leading to my resignation date back to March
> 2018 and my decision to go on medical (stress) leave for what amounted to a
> period of four months.  What I have not had the occasion to relate is that
> during the final few weeks of my leave, I experienced a relapse of my
> vasculitis, essentially attributable to mounting anxiety related to my
> return in July.  And after my return during the remaining weeks of July,
> the relapse worsened, such that I had to consult with my Stanford[*]
> specialist under whose care I am, and he confirmed that the sort of stress
> I'd been under, and was still under, is a major cause of relapses with such
> autoimmune disorders.
>
> I have worked at the Agency for over 25 years, working my way up from
> Temporary Typist Clerk II to permanent status in that classification, to
> Senior Typist Clerk, and then, via skills seen and affirmed by one of the
> then Assistant General Managers, the ultimate promotion to Water Resources
> Technician in 2003.  I have definitely enjoyed my time working at the
> Agency and upon reflection I realize that, in light of my many years at the
> Agency during which staff worked together to support each other through
> good times and hard times, I was mistaken to think that the only way to
> address my stress was to resign.
>
> In summary, I would like you to understand that I submitted my resignation
> under duress and I would like to, again, express my desire to rescind my
> resignation and be reinstated to the position of Water Resources Technician
> at the Agency.
>
> I thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> M J (Mike) Logsdon
>
> [*Good thing for proofreading.  I'd first typed "Stanfield", my mother's
> maiden name!]
>