Anson had to leave his company after his 3 months of working remotely. We knew that this was going to come as it has been the trend for tech companies to not let workers be fully remote anymore. Not exactly sure what I should blog about regarding this…should I talk about us going up to the Bay Area in October for his last 2 days? He had a dinner with coworkers and also ate with them for lunch on both Thursday and Friday and worked out with Frank both days. I ate with Emily (Lisa and fam stopped by) at Orange Square, ate at BJ’s with BWC peoples and caught up with them and Janet after she was let go. We also ate with Tracy at Google, with Uncle Tim and Aunt Helena (Little Saigon), and with Uncle Kenway and Aunt Susan (Mediterranean Grill House). We talked with people at church (Cindy, Jane, Ruth), and ate with Randy and Eva at Big Bites. But…seems like this paragraph is more about the week we went up rather than about Pure…instead, how about a list of things I would like to remember about his company of 11.5 years.

– Him randomly bringing leftovers home from the office (using waiter.com and Eat Club)
– When IPO’d, they gave him an IPad Air 2 (what I’m using to type this blog entry on) and an Apple Watch (which we gave to my mom).
– A generous amount of stock options as he was employee 115….they’ve grown to 4000
– Meeting him down at Le Boulanger for dinner before Janette’s small group on Castro
– Going on the weekends after church for snacks and studying
– Bringing church friends there to eat snacks
– The massage chair!!!
– Blueboard award that gave us a free sailing trip and annual passes to Great America
– For his 10 year anniversary, he received a Bose sound bar that retails for ~$400
– Various swag (shirts, jackets, cups, etc) he’s received thru out the years
– When moving to Santa Clara, we started carpooling to the office, and I would drop him off, go to GA for lunch, go to work, stop by GA for dinner, and bring to his workplace to eat there
– Very fancy Christmas party in San Jose one year, Anson going on a couple ski trips, cool picnic at Saratoga Springs, and two years at The Plex with good food, ice skating, and games.
– Even though they stopped lunch after moving, at least had a subsidy for the cafe. And yes, they downgraded some snacks due to inflation, but still had nuts, drinks, eggs, guacamole, cheese, yogurt, milk, teas, chips, etc. Thankful for fun times eating snacks!
– Walking around his company while he and Frank worked out/ran…he will miss his running buddy
– Anson working from home for a good amount of time cuz of pandemic…which made us realize what we should be working for
– Pure not letting him WFH anymore so that he can finally have a break 🙂
 
Anson’s had his ups and downs at work, but that is to be expected. Pure has given us much to be thankful for and I know he was glad to work with many people at the company. They compensated him well to the point where he has the freedom to do what he wants now. Thank you, Pure, for everything…