Oh wow (re: your friend's department completely turning off). That's really hard. Didn't you say that you had worked for her at another job? Or did you not report to her directly? I wonder how much of that might have been set in motion before she got the job? That does sound really crazy, and frightening!

I hope the micromanaging is temporary too! I thought he was too busy to micromanage!? Hopefully you're still working on getting the word out about your business, so you can be ready to jump ship when your contract's up!

I don't think my boss has a clue, honestly. I know that he's aware that he's not great with "administrative" stuff - he barely reads emails (I don't think he reads anything longer than 3 sentences), and anything that's due for corporate, he generally doesn't pass on to us until the last possible moment. We just had an emergency meeting on Friday because our annual goals were due, that day (first we were hearing about it!) - and he was supposed to pass down his boss' goals to us, so we could incorporate them into our own (omg is there a more useless exercise to have to go through?!).

But no, I think he thinks he's *great* with managing, although he might classify himself as a "hands off" manager. He just doesn't realize that he's really not managing us at all. That would be fine, if I had my own clients and could generate work, but I don't. Oy.

No word on the transfer, I think this is going to be a slow process. I am starting to poke around online and look for other opportunities. I hate to give up the benefits I have, and I don't know if I can make the leap, but I'm looking, at least. It's just that *nothing* looks any better, you know? I'm just not seeing anything exciting... and I don't know if it means I am in the wrong field, or that I'm just depressed enough that nothing looks interesting at this point.

Good luck with this week - hope your boss manages back off a bit and let you get your work done!