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Ships Are Sinking
Jul. 8th, 2005 08:21 amWell, my boss Lisa announced yesterday that she was going to leave. While you would think that this might bring trumpets and streamers and allow me to bring whatever the hell breakfast I want to bring, it's really more of a mixed review. Actually, for the last few months we've been getting along pretty well.
Lisa's getting a pretty good gig, which again leads me to wonder why I'm not doing better at getting something new. Perhaps I'm barking up the wrong trees? I don't know. Certainly this has been just one of many signs that the whole ship is sinking around work lately. We've lost a lot of people, many of them citing that they were concerned about the morale of the company and how they were being treated. Certainly the family that was created many years ago has turned into a group of "resources" that has been pushed around, and the strain is showing.
The problem for me is that Lisa's position is not available. All I really want is the chance to interview for it, since I know the role and the specialized things that she does better than anyone else on the floor. Anyone else who will come in will be asking my team and I what's going on - which I'm sure will be getting on my nerves.
We're under a hiring freeze, so there will be no interviews. In fact, they will be contracting another team and moving another manager to take Lisa's place. There's no other options right now. Our company is also under a overtime freeze, though we were told 2 weeks ago that our budget was just fine. Of course we were also told that everything was OK, but a company was trying to buy us out just this week. I wish they had.
If I felt there was no future before, it keeps getting proven again, and again, and again. There are plenty of others who have also been hoping to move up, and their hopes are also dashed, and they are also leaving. What a surprise. I hope they express this honestly when the employee survey comes up next month.
Of course I've been doing a job search for a while, concentrating on Dallas, but occasionally looking at a Houston employer or two. I guess I shouldn't be so picky, and should get on with it. I guess I've been holding back right now because I've been anticipating my trip to San Francisco with Chris, but I guess if I get a good job offer, that would trump a trip that i could always reschedule.
It's just time to get out - especially if Rob, my nemesis at work, the guy who thinks he knows it all, but clearly doesn't know how to work with anyone - becomes my boss.
What's sad, is many people at work are hoping for the buyout, and hoping for a severance package. It's getting that bad.
Lisa's getting a pretty good gig, which again leads me to wonder why I'm not doing better at getting something new. Perhaps I'm barking up the wrong trees? I don't know. Certainly this has been just one of many signs that the whole ship is sinking around work lately. We've lost a lot of people, many of them citing that they were concerned about the morale of the company and how they were being treated. Certainly the family that was created many years ago has turned into a group of "resources" that has been pushed around, and the strain is showing.
The problem for me is that Lisa's position is not available. All I really want is the chance to interview for it, since I know the role and the specialized things that she does better than anyone else on the floor. Anyone else who will come in will be asking my team and I what's going on - which I'm sure will be getting on my nerves.
We're under a hiring freeze, so there will be no interviews. In fact, they will be contracting another team and moving another manager to take Lisa's place. There's no other options right now. Our company is also under a overtime freeze, though we were told 2 weeks ago that our budget was just fine. Of course we were also told that everything was OK, but a company was trying to buy us out just this week. I wish they had.
If I felt there was no future before, it keeps getting proven again, and again, and again. There are plenty of others who have also been hoping to move up, and their hopes are also dashed, and they are also leaving. What a surprise. I hope they express this honestly when the employee survey comes up next month.
Of course I've been doing a job search for a while, concentrating on Dallas, but occasionally looking at a Houston employer or two. I guess I shouldn't be so picky, and should get on with it. I guess I've been holding back right now because I've been anticipating my trip to San Francisco with Chris, but I guess if I get a good job offer, that would trump a trip that i could always reschedule.
It's just time to get out - especially if Rob, my nemesis at work, the guy who thinks he knows it all, but clearly doesn't know how to work with anyone - becomes my boss.
What's sad, is many people at work are hoping for the buyout, and hoping for a severance package. It's getting that bad.
