Today my manager at the consulting company I work for got laid off. So tomorrow the "official" announcement will go out and the person we will be reporting to will be revealed. I already know who it is and it won't be good. This person has been with the consulting company for a long time and is a partner, but knows nothing about the product that my practice implements. Seriously, he knows nothing - nada - zip.
I'm not supposed to know that my manager got laid off and at this meeting tomorrow, I'm supposed to act surprised, which I am totally capable of doing. I am also fully capable of asking the tough questions that I don't think the partner who will be taking over as practice director for the practice I work for will be able to answer. Questions like, "What experience have you had in managing a (insert our software package product here) practice?" and "What is the strategic goal for our practice?" or "Given our company's limited experience with growing this practice organically, do you honestly believe that you will be successful doing this?"
In reality I want to ask, "Dipshit, you have no experience in this so why do you think that you can run this practice?" and "How freaking long do you think the rest of us will stay around and if you've got nobody to deliver, how will you land projects since most companies want to see the resumes of people you have on staff?"
I love consulting, I do. I love that I'm always challenged mentally; but the thing that I hate is that so many times I need to deal with those who are mentally challenged and that includes partners of small companies that I happen to work for.
Sorry, that's a tough spot you're in.
Posted by: Asianmommy | July 17, 2008 at 06:06 PM