brewer12345
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The organization I work for is classed as a not-for-profit. Employees are generally extremely long-serving and the culture is slow moving. We have a new Grand Poohbah (GP) for the first time in a decade, so we are going through the first reorg in almost that long. There are no layoffs contemplated, but holy smokes are they screwing the pooch on this one.
In the private sector reorgs I have been through, the rank and file showed up one day, was given the new org chart and job descriptions, and you got started adjusting. Instead the process here has been going on since February and will linger beyond June. In the name of transparency, we keep getting half-done announcements with big sections filled in with "TBD." The GP's reorg council apparently got into such a vicious argument over what to do that they had to shout to end the meeting and send everyone to a conflict resolution and strategic planning class.
The few firm decisions they did make were to reduce the standard raise upon promotion (when there are no more annual raises) and reduce the frequency of promotions. This frankly serves as a big demotivator, since a low single digit percent raise is not enout to compensate for the extra work.
They asked us to indicate preferences as to where we wanted to go in reorg, but apparently that did not work out so well. As a result, the GP is sitting down tonight with her brass and a list of staff names and open spots and will be slamming A into B.
Not surprisingly, people have begun leaving in droves. The latest was the departure of 3 officers in one day last week, including two of the fastest rising, most promising people in the organization.
I am waiting for the "you go here now" news on Friday, since I expect it will precipitate an even larger wave of departures.
See what all you retired folks are missing?
In the private sector reorgs I have been through, the rank and file showed up one day, was given the new org chart and job descriptions, and you got started adjusting. Instead the process here has been going on since February and will linger beyond June. In the name of transparency, we keep getting half-done announcements with big sections filled in with "TBD." The GP's reorg council apparently got into such a vicious argument over what to do that they had to shout to end the meeting and send everyone to a conflict resolution and strategic planning class.
The few firm decisions they did make were to reduce the standard raise upon promotion (when there are no more annual raises) and reduce the frequency of promotions. This frankly serves as a big demotivator, since a low single digit percent raise is not enout to compensate for the extra work.
They asked us to indicate preferences as to where we wanted to go in reorg, but apparently that did not work out so well. As a result, the GP is sitting down tonight with her brass and a list of staff names and open spots and will be slamming A into B.
Not surprisingly, people have begun leaving in droves. The latest was the departure of 3 officers in one day last week, including two of the fastest rising, most promising people in the organization.
I am waiting for the "you go here now" news on Friday, since I expect it will precipitate an even larger wave of departures.
See what all you retired folks are missing?