New year, old worries

Earlier this week, with less than 30 minutes notice, a quick meeting was called for an "org update". (Note to managers: this is a great way to guarantee full attendance at your meeting.) Sure enough, we received news of potential impact to everyone in the room: the Chief Information Officer in charge of our parent division was suddenly retiring.

Even worse: the CIO was not being replaced. Instead, our 1000 person division will be "integrated" into another technology division, and the official announcement from senior management cheerfully described the cost savings ahead.

Our group is part of a support organization serving the now-former CIO and the division. The larger division we are being consumed by already has its own support structure. Do they need duplicate support groups? Of course, anything can happen, and it may be premature to be overly worried. However, I can do the math, and many of us will probably be cost savings casualties.

This could be another interesting year.

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