I have officially been reassigned to a different group. Since my group had shrunk down to just me (after everyone else had been terminated), I was transferred into a different group. I’m less than thrilled at the placement.
I’m now working for my eighth different manager, during my eighth year of service to this company. Management stability of my product line has never been a strong point of this company.
The group I’ve been transferred into is a group that’s focused on one particular aspect of the industry, and my focus is a different aspect of the industry. The two groups don’t generally mix that well. We all get along, but it’s like tossing apples and oranges together and pretending they all taste the same. We don’t.
I’ve worked for the new manager for two weeks now, and thus I’ve taken to calling this new position “project isolation”.
I’ve broken down and started getting serious about updating my profile on Linked-In, and am about to embark on a semi-serious job search. I’m still pulling a paycheck, but we have another wave of layoffs occurring next week. I’ll survive that round, but I’m not sure about the next round.
I have several sales pending, and if they pull through, I judge that I can survive this year. If they don’t pull through, I’m toast before the end of the year.
