Special Projects

When demoted from a role with actual responsibilty to the land of 'special projects', why don't they just say 'hey pal, yer fucked and it's time hit the trails'?

In our uber-politically correct corporate landscape, so much time is spent on the corporate purge cycle. What a waste of time, but what a great way to avoid litigation and 'unpleasantness'.

Special projects are the most brutal. First strippem of all responsibility, next put them in highly visible projects (usually the type that are doomed), then give them completely unrealistic target goals and objectives.

Wallah! Corproate ex-lax works its magic with a litigation free purge event.

Re-Org!

I love reorgs. The best ones have little to no warning, until the powerpoint deck floats round and things get quiet.

Then, a few Silverbacks get taken down a notch or 3, and take unplanned vacations. A few might disappear all together, but usually exit before hand to spend time with their families. The ladder climbers who spent the last year politically climbing and apple-polishing are absolutely stunned and 'go dark'.

For better or worse, reorgs at least give us something interesting to watch. Kind of like our fearless leader- the ultimate re-org machine. OK soldiers- time to shuffle the deck chairs!