Now it can be told!

So the official announcement finally went out last night, and my New Position was proclaimed to everyone at The Company.

It’s a “lateral” promotion, so no big raise or keys to the executive washroom or hot-and-cold running secretaries or anything.  In fact, I’m going to be doing much the same as I was doing previously (managing enterprise application development / acquisition and support), only with a remixed portfolio of corporate support groups — Legal, Sales, Quality, Travel, Safety.  Essentially shedding my HR clientele but getting a number of new ones.

I’ve actually managed these groups, and the development managers over them, previously, but not quite in this combo — and HR was always a big distraction, honestly.  I’m also doing a couple of other projects/initiatives for my boss to keep me busy in my copious spare time.

It’s not quite as significant a shift as I had been originally thinking I would go for after IT did a big internal reorg last fall, but it’s what worked out, and it should nudge me out of my comfort zones in a couple of areas (in fact, already has).  And it’s a change I applied for, vs being assigned, which is also a good thing for me.