[reb569]

The last several months have been very chaotic at work. A change in the structure of our division was somewhat implemented after being alluded to over a year ago. This change opens up a new position in our division for an additional manager for the sub-team I'm on. It has been nerve wracking because rumors keep floating around that a manger from another division is going to end up taking that position. If that happened it would be a nightmare, she's vindictive and always seems to have a scapegoat, who she bullies until they either quit or she can get them fired. She's driven 3 people out of her division in 2 years, one who left, two who were fired. She marginalized one of her team members, who used to be titled, and is probably the most qualified person on her team by demoting her and promoting lazy back stabbers over her. She would destroy our sub-team and our division. Personally, I don't believe the rumors, but it's hard to say what is going to happen with that.

Additionally, the manager of one of the other sub-teams gave notice a couple weeks ago. Yesterday was her last day. She is brilliant, organized, and did so much great work on so many different projects. Unfortunately, she was also very controlling and held her projects close to her, so very often other team worker weren't overly clear of the full impact of those projects, until they got pulled into it for their part. This often happened to me. She would contact me and tell me what she needed on the website, when she needed it to happen, and I'd make it happen. Over the last two weeks she has done a pretty good job of getting people up to speed on the projects that are going to impact them, but there is still some confusion on several of the projects. A couple of them I'm taking over, and they happen to be big projects that are both occurring right now. Several smaller projects involve me too. Yesterday a notice came through on website requirements for a project that I had previously been told we were pretty much set on.

Anyway, next week, and probably the next several weeks are going to be pretty hectic and stressful, and that usually is not a good mix for me. I just hope that the two open positions are filled by capable people who are team players. But, my company doesn't always have the best record for finding those people.

So -- wish me luck. It's going to be a roller coaster ride.

[ArchieAus]

Just think about "your 50%" . The things that "you" can control and influence . That would remove a lot of the periphery static going on around you and allow you to focus . I'm sure you know this as your obviously a smart person .... but it never hurts when someone reminds you of this method . "Your 50%" , everything else is wasted mental drain .

[reb569]

Originally Posted by ArchieAus

Just think about "your 50%" . The things that "you" can control and influence . That would remove a lot of the periphery static going on around you and allow you to focus . I'm sure you know this as your obviously a smart person .... but it never hurts when someone reminds you of this method . "Your 50%" , everything else is wasted mental drain .

Thanks for that reminder! That is a very good point.

My goal for tomorrow is to get a handle on all the new projects I picked up and fill in the missing pieces.