Of Work Storm

Well, the last week and this week has been an upheaval in terms of office work..

While "People" is one of the main factors that would make a person like me stay in a job, "People" is also a similarly volatile factor..

And so, due to some complicated circumstances, my direct report in my current job would be leaving the firm.. with her last day very very soon..

in her absence, she has setup a system in place to ensure continuity and most importantly, part of the plan was conceived by her boss.. and so a team of 4 became a team of 5 with 2 people who are lower ranked than her helping with the load..

4 becomes 5.. good right?

Guess what, 5 is now.. 3! the magic number is 3 now, because our big boss has decided that 5 is too many and 3 would be fine.. of the original 5, only me and another colleague has experience on this project... now its just me alone though i'm not heading the project..

5 becomes 3.. but the workload isn't reduced mine you!

alright, the frustrations are clear enough.. so i would not even go on to talk about how scope of the projects would potentially grow since our big boss has this tendency of expanding and promising things with little regard for the actual implementation, man-hours and legwork needed to get things done!

In face of uncertainty, one can only girth one's teeth and hope that tomorrow will be a better day..

till then.. 

What doesn't kill you makes you stranger