BTW, for those of you paying attention to the time attached to these entries, "half" anything is in the German sense, not the English sense, which means "halfway to" and not "half past." If you care. It's one of the things that stuck in my head the year I lived there. For whatever reason it makes more sense to me that way.

Anyway, they announced today that my manager at work has finally been made a director (about damn time) but is moving to another organization within the company (oh shit). This is not, from my immediate perspective, a good thing.

These are the ways it could work out better for me:

1. We're finally going to get around to revisiting the lousy raise I got out of the new "standard" review policy (it was prorated twice, so the effective raise was less than 2%, which wouldn't be so bad except I wouldn't be up for another raise until next July which is too long to wait) and I'm going to push hard for a promotion while she's at it because the bonus structure at this company is built so that if I were one rank higher my potential bonus would double.
2. I could end up with something better within the org out of the deal (which I doubt very seriously but I'm trying to be positive here ...).
3. I could get moved to her new part of the org chart when all is said and done.

It could also go seriously, colossally, mind-bendingly wrong. She's supposed to find her replacement. The chances of things actually working out that way are less than slim, the way the company works. Most likely, they'll put in another spineless blob or simpering toady who can't manage staff, who will slowly get the entire department to quit, and then who will go work in somebody else's department, leaving their old group in ruins. That's standard operating procedure for all the other senior managers. Except for the ones who quit and went to other companies entirely.

Oh, and she's taking Tino with her - which is good for Tino, make no mistake - and now with whom am I going to eat lunch every day? Hmm? (What about my needs?) Probably still Tino, really, but it'll be much more complicated since they'll be in the building across the street.

So I'm not sure what to make of this whole job thing. I've got a very definite project going on now, and I can certainly stay until it's complete without going crazy. I'm pretty sure I can also complete the project before I get totally burnt out on the company. But I have no idea what to make of the future beyond the end of the year (and the project, which should be able to drive itself by then). If they replace my manager with somebody unacceptable and it turns out there's no position for me over in the new group, I don't think I'll stay much longer than the end of the current project.

Feh.

(5 oct)