On November 13, 2014, it became official. I now have “Manager” in my job title.
The news came out in a bulk announcement of changes from H.R. The announcement included firings, staff realignment and oh yes, by the way 2 promotions.
Talk about trial by fire. Quickly my director was inundated with people asking questions. He calmly directed them to speak to their new bosses. (They stopped reading when they saw that people had been fired)
I met with my 4 directs as soon as I could. I had to get some information myself before I could pass anything on to them. Our jobs are all “safe” for now. There is no telling what any company will do 6 months down the road.
People had been including me in their weekly status reports and I had been looking at the stack of upcoming projects for a few weeks now. Suddenly they take on new meaning.
In the next few weeks I’ll have the experience of writing and delivering employee reviews, salary adjustments and bonus calculations.
Why do I have the sudden urge to open Microsoft Project?
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