Reorganizations: I Finally Understand!
Their purpose eluded me, but no longer. This isn’t (wholly) satire
I’ve seen too many re-orgs around me. In my specific profession, technology security, we (or, at least, “I”) tend to be proof against politicking and org shuffling, but I still find my self baffled by the movements around me.
A government agency I recently worked for (A mid-sized American capital city with some 20,000 employees) had a tendency to shuffle things up at least once per year.
Funny thing is, there weren’t new managers coming in. It was just moving the same old deck chairs on the Titanic. Other jobs I’ve had (like an Internet backbone provider) at least had a significant amount of churn in management so one could (almost) forgive the constant reshuffling, assuming it to be each new manager wanting to make their mark.
The company I started working for a few years ago had a different technology org structure than I am used to, and I quickly realized it was highly efficient for the kind of work they did.
Then came the announcement: Meetings to improve our “working ways” as the initiative was called.
Our organization head called me in to get my feedback. Why she would do that is another story.
