RE-ORG: YET AGAIN!
Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 06:32PM
Our last re-org happened no more than a little over a month ago. The water-cooler buzz winner from that re-org was the creation of the “Special Projects” department. Just a quick re-cap, if you’re too lazy to click on the re-direct link... Since my company won’t fire anyone, especially if you have rank, they assign failing Directors, Senior Managers, etc… to “Special Projects.” These are projects that have absolutely no visibility, add no value, and therefore lack any level of accountability. During the last re-org, more and more managers were re-assigned to Special Projects. Since the group became too big, it was decided to formalize their department as well as assign a VP to it. (Ricockulous, if you ask me…) Anyway, here we are again, and guess what? Go ahead…take a stab in the dark…
That’s right, you guessed it…we’re re-org’ing again folks! But this one is pretty drastic from what I understand. This time a Senior senior senior manager’s position is being “eliminated” and those that reported up to this senior x3 manager are merging in with my department. Anytime a position is being “eliminated” at that level, there’s a strong possibility the entire department is going too. Doesn’t sound too drastic, but if you worked here, you’d understand. The long and the short of it is the two areas have had a history of bad blood and ongoing battles for organizational control. It’s like East vs. West, The Bloods vs. The Crips, The Cubans vs. The Chinese drug lords, Mickey Mouse vs. Bugs Bunny…you get the picture. Maybe I’ve been too busy to be a part of all this hoopla, and all the bullshit that comes with it, which is definitely a good thing. Although I am privy to all the war stories, I, as much as possible, try to avoid the line of fire. I will say though, the stories I hear are, in fact, quite entertaining.
Makes me so proud to be part of this organization!
Reader Comments (4)
gotta' love corporate america!
My money's on Bugs...
Getting anyone interesting coming into the department? Anyone you hate? Like? Fear? Reorgs always bring the good and the bad. But it sure keeps things interesting...
Interestingly enough, it didn't hit me until now, but YES! Danny Conrad's coming to my house!!! I don't LIKE him nor do I FEAR him, but you know how that goes. He came by my office today to "count cieling tiles," if you will. So yes, this will get very interesting!!! Shit...