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No, not fired; that I could deal with. Not redundancy either; that I could also deal with also.
Brought in today by my boss to say that three of us who work for him are now moving to other parts of the organisation as part of a restructuring of our department.
Nine months ago I moved to this department. I handed over my old role to a guy about five levels above me who was coming back from a career break. He's got a reputation of being extremely difficult and so it proved - the handover became one of the most difficult things I've had to do in my career, not because of any personal attachment to the role but simply because of the utterly strange dynamic this guy brings to anything.
My boss at the time asked me how I felt that the job that I was doing would now be done by a guy many levels above me in seniority. I said that it was hugely annoying because even if I'd stayed in the role I wouldn't have been able to get even a single level's promotion because of the promotion ban in place here, but it was what it was.
This morning I was told by my boss, that same boss, that I'd be moving to work for that guy. To be clear, to be an assistant to the role I used to do before moving departments.
The announcement will be made tomorrow morning at 11am.
I was originally stunned. Calmly explained the situation involving moving to work for somebody to whom i'd handed over my role (something which my boss should have known). Also explained the extreme difficulty involved in working with this guy, never mind for this guy (something my boss would not necessarily have known).
Both of the other guys who I worked with have been taken care of in one way, shape or form. I've gone from a guy who was doing a job to a to that guy's f**king assistant.
As the day went on, stunned moved to frustration which moved to intense, primal anger. So I left at about 4:45 before something bad happened.
Have requested a meeting with my boss and my soon to be boss's executive. Had requested that it be as early as possible tomorrow morning. Unfortunately it looks like it can't happen until after the official announcement is made. So, I requested that at the very least the language used in that announcement could be made ambiguous; i.e. that it would not explicitly state that I was moving to work for that guy and I could at least fight my corner. Can't see it being accepted but it was worth a shot.
Honestly contemplated resigning today. In this country where jobs are being lost every day, that's a notable statement. But even if "having a job" is seen as valuable, being taken for a complete sucker is worth something in the other direction.
You know what the best part is? I was the only person in our entire department who volunteered for a working group to examine our company's growth, development and recognition strategy for the staff. It took two months for the group to get going. The 2nd meeting is tomorrow morning from 10 to 11 when I'll have to play dumb (because the announcement won't happen until 11) and offer my ideas on what they SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT DO IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SOME MOTIVATION FOR THEIR STAFF.
Don't even know what I'm doing posting this here but i'm ready to explode. Tomorrow will be a huge day for me in terms of my ability to keep a calm head while underneath I'll be ready to kill.
Good Christ.
F**k them all.
Brought in today by my boss to say that three of us who work for him are now moving to other parts of the organisation as part of a restructuring of our department.
Nine months ago I moved to this department. I handed over my old role to a guy about five levels above me who was coming back from a career break. He's got a reputation of being extremely difficult and so it proved - the handover became one of the most difficult things I've had to do in my career, not because of any personal attachment to the role but simply because of the utterly strange dynamic this guy brings to anything.
My boss at the time asked me how I felt that the job that I was doing would now be done by a guy many levels above me in seniority. I said that it was hugely annoying because even if I'd stayed in the role I wouldn't have been able to get even a single level's promotion because of the promotion ban in place here, but it was what it was.
This morning I was told by my boss, that same boss, that I'd be moving to work for that guy. To be clear, to be an assistant to the role I used to do before moving departments.
The announcement will be made tomorrow morning at 11am.
I was originally stunned. Calmly explained the situation involving moving to work for somebody to whom i'd handed over my role (something which my boss should have known). Also explained the extreme difficulty involved in working with this guy, never mind for this guy (something my boss would not necessarily have known).
Both of the other guys who I worked with have been taken care of in one way, shape or form. I've gone from a guy who was doing a job to a to that guy's f**king assistant.
As the day went on, stunned moved to frustration which moved to intense, primal anger. So I left at about 4:45 before something bad happened.
Have requested a meeting with my boss and my soon to be boss's executive. Had requested that it be as early as possible tomorrow morning. Unfortunately it looks like it can't happen until after the official announcement is made. So, I requested that at the very least the language used in that announcement could be made ambiguous; i.e. that it would not explicitly state that I was moving to work for that guy and I could at least fight my corner. Can't see it being accepted but it was worth a shot.
Honestly contemplated resigning today. In this country where jobs are being lost every day, that's a notable statement. But even if "having a job" is seen as valuable, being taken for a complete sucker is worth something in the other direction.
You know what the best part is? I was the only person in our entire department who volunteered for a working group to examine our company's growth, development and recognition strategy for the staff. It took two months for the group to get going. The 2nd meeting is tomorrow morning from 10 to 11 when I'll have to play dumb (because the announcement won't happen until 11) and offer my ideas on what they SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT DO IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SOME MOTIVATION FOR THEIR STAFF.
Don't even know what I'm doing posting this here but i'm ready to explode. Tomorrow will be a huge day for me in terms of my ability to keep a calm head while underneath I'll be ready to kill.
Good Christ.
F**k them all.
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