Work turmoil...
Well... once again I'm faced with the possibility of my job going away. No, not immediately, but in the coming months... Our department is starting "anew" with a major array of changes. We saw it coming... and we knew there would be changes... Two days ago they announced the second phase of the change: which was taking two different departments and mixing all the associates together into new teams -- putting people together with various duties so that our "delivery" teams are more in align with our "sales" teams.
OK... so that's all well-and-good... and doesn't really affect me... or... does it? You see, the program I developed and maintain was only used by one of these two departments... now that we're all mixed together, what will become of Timekeeper (my software)?
There's mixed feelings and possibilities... I'd say there's a 40% chance of the tool fading away over the next year... 40% chance that it will grow immensely (to cover everyone)... and 10% chance that no changes will happen. (The remaining 10%... well, guess it would be that it is "stopped" abruptly.)
Am I worried that my career here might be over and that they'll be letting me go? Not really... I mean... I feel pretty important and "liked" here... to the point of people really depend on my assistance with random crap around the office that has nothing to do with Timekeeper. If the decision is made to reduce Timekeeper... I feel I'll be able to make a niche for myself supporting whatever it is that takes its place. If it "takes-off" and becomes "The" tool for everyone... although that's exciting... it's also scary, because it would be a lot of work... possibly more work than I can handle myself... or dare I say, more work than I would like to take-on by myself.
So, in the mixing of the departments, I got a new boss as well. So my sixth manager in eight years, and third this year alone. He does seem nice... but also seems a bit "new" to management, so I'm concerned about how "rah-rah" he may be. Also, he has no clue about my software and its history... which is both good and bad... "fresh insight" but also "no attachment" if he doesn't feel the need to support it.
And on-top of the changes... we're moving... they are building a huge, beautiful new building for us. We are on-schedule to move first weekend of December! It'll be a longer commute for me (from 1-mile to about 15-miles)... but it is still exciting... But the whole "where will I sit" question has everyone on-edge... and the new environment is a new "open-cube" layout -- no one has an office -- everyone (including managers) have cubes (except for the upper-management)... People are concerned about noise... and interruption... and does that mean "no more LJ for me??" I mean, everyone can see everyone's screens because the walls are low... and all the monitors face the halls... ugh.
I don't know... new laptop, new dept, new team, new manager, and moving to a new building -- all adds up to a lot of changes... and that makes me unsettled... nervous...
OK... so that's all well-and-good... and doesn't really affect me... or... does it? You see, the program I developed and maintain was only used by one of these two departments... now that we're all mixed together, what will become of Timekeeper (my software)?
There's mixed feelings and possibilities... I'd say there's a 40% chance of the tool fading away over the next year... 40% chance that it will grow immensely (to cover everyone)... and 10% chance that no changes will happen. (The remaining 10%... well, guess it would be that it is "stopped" abruptly.)
Am I worried that my career here might be over and that they'll be letting me go? Not really... I mean... I feel pretty important and "liked" here... to the point of people really depend on my assistance with random crap around the office that has nothing to do with Timekeeper. If the decision is made to reduce Timekeeper... I feel I'll be able to make a niche for myself supporting whatever it is that takes its place. If it "takes-off" and becomes "The" tool for everyone... although that's exciting... it's also scary, because it would be a lot of work... possibly more work than I can handle myself... or dare I say, more work than I would like to take-on by myself.
So, in the mixing of the departments, I got a new boss as well. So my sixth manager in eight years, and third this year alone. He does seem nice... but also seems a bit "new" to management, so I'm concerned about how "rah-rah" he may be. Also, he has no clue about my software and its history... which is both good and bad... "fresh insight" but also "no attachment" if he doesn't feel the need to support it.
And on-top of the changes... we're moving... they are building a huge, beautiful new building for us. We are on-schedule to move first weekend of December! It'll be a longer commute for me (from 1-mile to about 15-miles)... but it is still exciting... But the whole "where will I sit" question has everyone on-edge... and the new environment is a new "open-cube" layout -- no one has an office -- everyone (including managers) have cubes (except for the upper-management)... People are concerned about noise... and interruption... and does that mean "no more LJ for me??" I mean, everyone can see everyone's screens because the walls are low... and all the monitors face the halls... ugh.
I don't know... new laptop, new dept, new team, new manager, and moving to a new building -- all adds up to a lot of changes... and that makes me unsettled... nervous...