yakers
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
In December I posted about a possible buyout where I work and pondered that if it materialized, would I take it. Well it looks now like it will not, I should have heard by now according to the original plan. And I am not too concerned as I like work and I had planned to work later into the year as my youngest son is finishing high school right now.
But here is the interesting thing. Since I actually stepped forward and formally signed that I was interested in the buyout I have become invisible. All informal discussions with friends and even management didn't mean anything. But signing that paper suddenly focused people that I was no longer part of our joint future or more accurately their future. Everyone is still quite nice to me, I think I can honestly say I am well regarded by coworkers and when I told my manager I was applying for the buyout he said I was not the one he was hoping would apply.
But things have changed. I come into work and there are NO messages on my answering machine. That never happened before. At our senior staff meeting I do not volunteer for projects and no one tries to assign one to me. Fortunately there is still email, since I am still CC'd on lots of them I get to participate and make nice, considered contributions without anyone having to figure where I fit.
The funny thing is that it looks like the buyout will not come through. Since I am not concerned with future promotions I don't have much to worry about. But I suppose I will get 'reintegrated" into the workflow at the office.I wonder how long I will remain invisible. I kind of feel like the guy with the Red Stapler in Office Space.
Anyone else been "invisible" near the end of their career?
But here is the interesting thing. Since I actually stepped forward and formally signed that I was interested in the buyout I have become invisible. All informal discussions with friends and even management didn't mean anything. But signing that paper suddenly focused people that I was no longer part of our joint future or more accurately their future. Everyone is still quite nice to me, I think I can honestly say I am well regarded by coworkers and when I told my manager I was applying for the buyout he said I was not the one he was hoping would apply.
But things have changed. I come into work and there are NO messages on my answering machine. That never happened before. At our senior staff meeting I do not volunteer for projects and no one tries to assign one to me. Fortunately there is still email, since I am still CC'd on lots of them I get to participate and make nice, considered contributions without anyone having to figure where I fit.
The funny thing is that it looks like the buyout will not come through. Since I am not concerned with future promotions I don't have much to worry about. But I suppose I will get 'reintegrated" into the workflow at the office.I wonder how long I will remain invisible. I kind of feel like the guy with the Red Stapler in Office Space.
Anyone else been "invisible" near the end of their career?