I try to keep the news on this blog up-beat. This is our "feel-good" space, after all. We all have good news and bad news in our lives, I just concentrate on the good-ness here; bad-ness has its venue elsewhere. Way elsewhere.
Most of the time.
Sometimes, a bittersweet thing happens that deserves mention here. Today I have one of those items.
At my work, the Marketing team is comprised of three marketing managers: loyalty marketing; internet marketing; and me - CAD/EDA Marketing. This week, both of the other managers have tendered their resignations. Independent of each other, they're both moving on to self-employment opportunities. One still in the industry, one outside the industry. This turn of events leaves me the only manager-level member of the marketing team for the time being. We're now officially down four positions. One of the four positions has been open for 14 months. ugh.
While my boss tells me I won't be expected to dramatically shift my priorities, its inevitable that we won't just let three of our key sales channels sit unguarded while we look for new staff. Someone will have to fill the gaps day-to-day. Some of that may be me; some of that may be other people across functions in the company. This will probably end up being a good thing in a year or so. Right now, though, it's emotionally painful and despair-inducing.
And that's just about all I have can say without sliding into a rant or a complaint.
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