|
Katie G
|
 |
« on: March 11, 2009, 06:14:17 pm » |
|
Gee,
As far as a potential office move is concerned, the best thing to do with the knowledge (or lack thereof) you have is to just make sure you have everything over which you have any control shipshape and ready to go at a moment's notice. Any purging, filing, general cleanup, that sort of thing. I know you've only been in the position a short time, so most of that will probably be from your predecessor(s). Probably good practice anyway. (I had friends in a department who came back from a meeting to find a moving crew waiting at their door! They had no idea! They bargained with the crew to give them two hours to box everything up -- didn't have a chance to go through anything -- just loaded everything in boxes and headed over to their new digs. After hearing that, I decided I should be ready to pick up and go!)
As far as the status of your job, well, I'm sitting here in limbo myself lately and the best piece of advice I've gotten is "stay loose." Which for me, is far easier said than done! In fact, I too am facing the possiblity of being moved to another division that's kind of cliquish too and I'm not relishing that idea -- AT ALL.
I'm trying VERY hard not to fret too much, to just keep doing my job to the best of my ability. On the other hand, my resume is polished and posted on the internet, and I've been quietly networking just putting the word out that I'm "open to new oppoortunities." I don't want to leave, but it may not be my choice, right? The current economic situation has kind of turned everything topsy-turvy (heck, I'm in one of those fields which was supposed to be recession-proof!) which is very disconcerting to people like me (and, I suspect, you, Gee) who like to be informed so we can "plan our work and work our plan".
So, "stay loose". You are a smart, talented, woman with a lot to offer any organization. We may not like where we end up in the short term, but long term, we'll be okay.....
|
