Activity on #7 today. I really hate my job. Really bad. Ever since my friend left the position of manager for our department, we have kinda wandered aimlessly. Today they split my group into two departments, and put some up under one group, and the rest up under another group. Neither really makes any sense, but that's what they did. I had a post recently about the concept of change and why people fear it. I do not fear this change at all, but I do no like it, and I do not like where the changes the current management is making is taking our company.

We were told not to knock the idea before we tried it, but that's bullshit. I don't have to try getting shot in the face with a bow and arrow to know that it is probably not much fun.

Anyway, during the meeting when they told this information (which we already knew ahead of time by accidental discovery), I just sat there looking disgruntled and people took notice. Then shortly after the meeting we had our typical insider post-meeting pow-wow, where we slam on the ideas that were just presented. During this time the new manager guy walked up. He said a few things and I said a few things. I stated that if anyone didn't like the change, they knew where the door was and stuff like that. At one point, he asked if anyone didn't value their job. I spoke up and said that I didn't, and he appeared to be blown away by the concept.

So after lunch he called me in to talk to him and the director about what I had said in front of my teammates, and how I reacted during the meeting. In retrospect, I suppose I can see their point of view, that my statements might invoke other people to feel a certain way. So they didn't want me rallying people up against them. This was certainly not my intention, so I just explained my position that was that.

We went on talk about whether or not I was happy at the company, and I told them that no, I wasn't. I told them I came to this conclusion by comparing how I felt while working with how I felt after work each day, and in comparison to how I used to feel about working there. I used to like it there, and now I don't, and I get to work at 7am and can't wait until 4pm. By these metrics, I am unhappy. The shitty part is that I do not altogether dislike the people running the show on a personal level, but more that I hate the general direction the company is headed.

It is not fair for me to dislike the new manager, just because I am pissed off about other things, So I explained this to him, because he was really concerned about starting off on the right foot. I am sort of like the guy on Office Space, I pretty much just say whatever is on my mind, and in the past people have always enjoyed the fact that I am so candid. I just feel like its a waste of time to beat around the bush, or lie.

I have worked there for 8 years, and never once have I been called in for a talk about something stupid like that.

Anyway, the future there looks bleak, very very bleak. The fact that they let politics get in the way of hard black and white technical IT work just stinks to high heaven. I guess I will try and get my resume updated tomorrow, and start hitting the job hunting sites over the next week or so.