Not another one?!

A favorite management-speak saying these days: "Change is a constant. Embrace it." Well, more change is coming my way. Yay.

My manager, it was announced this week, has landed a plum position; he'll be moving on November 15th. Pardon me if I refrain from too hardy a congratulations.

A change of manager is one of the most disruptive things, as many workers can attest. It's especially annoying in larger companies because odds are the new manager has no clue as to who you are or what you can do. Whatever you have accomplished in the past is history; you are back to square one now.

This will be my fifth manager this year. Even for our company (motto: Reorgs 'R Us) this is pretty dismal. And they wonder why associate satisfaction scores are not the best.

To top it off, these days no manager or a weak manager makes you more vulnerable to layoffs. I barely survived that scenario a few months back, and any chance of a repeat decidedly lacks appeal.

No replacement has yet been picked yet, the current manager is a short-timer, and none of us have a clue what's going on.

Change. You gotta love it.

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