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

[Jay Weigel]

Praying that it all works out for you, Mike. This entire thing has been a
mess of gigantic proportions, apparently arising from the Peter Principle
appointment of an unqualified supervisor. But of such is the office world
made, as I discovered long ago.

On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 8:55 PM, Allan Carr <allanc25 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good luck, Mike. I hope and pray you’ll get back to enjoying your work.
> That’ll be terrific.
>
> Allan
>
> > On Aug 16, 2018, at 5:10 PM, Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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 that my resignation of July 31, 2018, be rescinded, and that I be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!]
> >>
>