We're just a week or so into all this, so much remains to be seen. I'm sure there will be problems, or at least flare-ups, as we get further into the year. So far everyone's getting along, making that extra effort to adjust. With all these extra bodies in our office now, it's gone from a Ghost Town to a packed house--an almost cloistered environment, with everyone in their assigned rows.
The problem is not with all our new arrivals. The folks we got all know what they're doing and are good workers as far as that esprit de corps so necessary to the job, and people are adjusting to having less space. No, the problem is with management, and the things that are mandated for us to do in conjunction with our jobs.
Basically, they're looking to automate everything(and not just the 'core' services, but everything, Jim, everything!). So our jobs at this point are designed more toward phasing ourselves out: preparing clients for the point when we're no longer there to help them!
With not a whole lot of time left myself in my working life, at least this job, this whole process is at least somewhat consistent with my own plans: phasing out. I'm phasing out right along with 'em. But for those with still 10 or even 5 more years to go, they have a tougher road to hoe. By the time they're ready to retire, they'll have had to move elsewhere to do it.
The one saving grace in all this is that we've got good workers. If left(at least somewhat)to our own devices, we know what to do, and can get the job done. Regardless, at least we're all in it together.
September 1st of 2014(my RETIREMENT DATE) will get here with or without me. The plan is to make it all the way to the finish line. With all the cuts being made--and there're supposed to be more in June--I wonder if there will be a finish line for me to cross.
Time will tell.
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