One of the many things I’ve been busting my ass on around the office of late is our upcoming digital media team’s new staging server. I helped get my boss’ buddy in as head of the team months ago, and they have a strategic person leaving at the end of the month. This person’s replacement is, short-to-mid going to be directly reporting to me. This is great, except I can throw half the work I do at him, since his job is under the digital media umbrella. It does mean that half of one of my two jobs will get lessened. I have no doubt that something will fill that void in time and space.
I just had a 30 minute with my boss. The first real good one I’ve had in a while. We have more projects than I can list with both hands coming up in the next 18 months, and a bunch of staff adds to help with the process. I was told, pretty curtly, that if I see wasted space, I need to let him know. Apparently, the aforementioned digital media director has a very snug relationship with Polish technology outsourcing group, who will work for cheap!
I’m glad I am on the right side of the fence on this one. With our head of Marketing moving on, I am sure there is going to be a large re-org, and I think my boss may be leveraging to get Digital Media under our wing. If so, it gives me someplace to climb back into management without having to try for my boss’ job, in the near to mid future.
What occurred to me, in the midst of all this talking, is what will happen if this recession gets worse, or, say, lasts a decade. The projects aren’t going to evaporate – they are all tied to the campus. Security, ticketing, etc… The people who need to do the work might get cut, which leaves me wanting to brush up on my Polish.
Berlitz anyone?