Limbo Land

Getting un-outsourced by my outsourcers - I should have guessed this would not be easy. But my manager had said on Monday she should know if I had a spot by Tuesday or Wednesday. No word still, so I called her today.

Sounds like everything is up in the air. Approval ultimately has to come from the guy that laid me off, which is not a good sign: he's convinced our Data Warehouse Service Center does easy stuff. Neither my current manager, or her immediate predecessor, has had much luck explaining the complexity of the work. And she first has to get the "transition manager" on her side, who will then get approval from Mr. Layoff. She hasn't passed square one yet.

Meanwhile, the clock is ticking and I still cannot apply for other internal positions. My access to our "career search tool" is still screwed up from my premature April 30th "termination" (the tool doesn't know I'm an employee). It was supposed to be fixed Wednesday, but it still doesn't work. The Personnel Center put in another "change" when I called, but it won't take effect until next Friday.

Apply for outside positions? A little risky at the moment. If my current area decides to offer me a job any potential severance vanishes. So if I found another job, accepted it, and then the Bank finally offers me something, I could no longer leave with a severance package. If I'm going to leave the bank at this point, I want to take something with me - I don't want them to get off scot-free!

For now...I'm in limbo.

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