The company I work for is family owned. Family owned would probably also mean nice and sharing and wonderful and turkey, right? (Don't know why turkey, just seems like a family thing) That's what I thought. The company is going through some major restructuring in my department. This restructuring most likely means demotions (without the cut in salary, thank gummy god) and perfect teams being split up. This restructuring will be effective next month. Has this been communicated? Fuck no. Have we been asked about our career goals and what WE think OUR strengths are? You see where I'm going with this, we've been asked nothing. No input, no communication.
Now the sad thing is our team lead knows what's happening but won't tell us a single damn thing. We're slaves to this family owned business, we have to go where they tell us to. Sure we can quit, but that's not really a great option for me. I spent four long months looking for a job before I got this one. I can't go through that again, emotionally or financially. More emotionally than financially.
My point being, decisions that affect our lives directly (decisions that have been made, mind you) are not being communicated to the ones who have to actually take on the change. Why? So that we don't loose the motivation with our current positions and ruin the company this month. Is this a good way to do business? Is there anything called morality in this business world? They drill their core values into our heads so that we remember them and communicate them to our stakeholders. We remember them and we know they're all bullshit.
So final thoughts, there's nothing I can do about this. I have to live with what I have and be thankful I get a paycheck. I have to live with all the nightmares of what my new position could be (I'm the newest, I am the one who will be treated like shit) who my new boss will be, what hours will I be working, would I be able to handle new overtime with a course load, etc. Sad thing is I've gotten so worked up about it that I forgot I still have four exams to write before the end of January plus 10 assignments to do before the end of this month.
Oops.
