Well, yesterday wended its way to a conclusion without the promised callback from my new boss. I even rang up his secretary to touch bases, just in case I hadn’t gotten word about something.
I drove home with my handphone on, which is a good thing, since he called, of course. We had a very pleasant chat for about ten minutes, from which I drew the following:
The general enthusiasm about having me on board and so forth was tempered by the, well, utter lack of any distinct direction as to where things are moving.
On the other hand, he has our Management Consultant calling me today, to tell me how I should be doing some of the functions I’ve been doing (which, I guess, means I’ll still be doing some of those functions, only differently), after which, by cracky, the New Boss and I will get back together for a further conversation.
Uhhhhh-huh.
Tension level still not perceptibly dropping here. I mean, I don’t see myself as being fired or anything. On the other hand, I’m a control freak (no, really?), and I like knowing what’s expected of me, what the goals are, and being given direction that I should be going.
I don’t even mind if the direction changes, as long as it’s pointed out to me.
But when I hear about changing directions, evolving plans, departmental restructuring, etc., and don’t get any more info like that, well, then, I get antsy. I feel like I’m being set up to fail. I get cranky.
But I do get lots of word count, too, so it’s not all bad.
Stay tuned …
Ahhhh…..the transition/adjustment period. Ain’t it grand?
So I talked with the Management Consultant. He has many things he wants me to do to reorganize my department — although it sounds like he’s still working on a description of it from a full reorg ago, and a lot of what he says management wants is what’s been done for the past few months, but that was under the Old Boss who is now reassigned other things.
*sigh*
I was also told that my “analytical skills as a generalist” are being misapplied at the moment. Which is probably correct, in some ways, not so much in others, but it’s kind of neat to actually hear someone recognizing what I see as one of my strengths.
Now he’s talking with my New Boss, which will hopefully follow up with a conversation between my New Boss and me (at which time I can also confirm the extent to which I work for him, and the extent to which I work for the Management Consultant).