Things at work are going to be getting a little "interesting" next week. Yeah, not like they've been the least bit interesting since I started working there - I'm being sarcastic. Really they are going to be getting more interesting because my area of the IT department is going through a little reorganization and the changes affect me.
Currently there are 4 managers reporting to my manager but starting tomorrow, there will only be 3. Nobody's getting fired. One of the managers will be rolling up into my area and when she was told the news, she wasn't happy. I believe that she used the word "demotion" in her reaction.
I know that I can do a good job, but I am concerned about the other manager's reaction. I wonder if she'll adjust or if she'll just phone it in. In the end, it doesn't matter what her reaction is because in these times (or in any time for that matter) if there is a choice between my job and someone else's I am going to definitely protect mine. I don't mean this in a conniving, mean way. I mean that I'm going to do my job because I have a family counting on me and they come before anything.
The fear I have is "I'm going to lose my work friends" and "M will be really upset that she has to report to me" and the ever popular "What if I can't do this?" All I can do is look at the fear, know that it's there and move on because in the end, it doesn't matter. This is a job and it's how I support my family. How this whole thing is looked at is completely incidental.
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