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Got some new toys at work… a new SQL tool, new VPN setup, and a full Citrix setup with all my software! Great – now I can work 24/7 from anywhere!

Put my right foot on the back bumper of my pickup, started to step up into the truck bed. *Snap* Ouch. Sounded like a twig snapping, felt like a rubber band breaking inside my foot, followed by burning. Turns out I ripped a ligament, which hurts much worse than when I broke my other foot a couple years back.

Received word last week that our company is going to make yet another round of cuts. My job suddenly became more vulnerable when a couple days ago my manager made it official she was leaving the company for a new opportunity. I am just one of   40,000 (0.000025%) employees in the nations largest health care insurer; none of the  stockholders know my name, how hard I work, or how good I am at my job. I  work with some good people,  they know me, I know them, and we all care about each other. However, they are are also only 1 of 40,000.

In  previous restructuring moves I’ve seen  teams like  mine treated like a   “salary block” that corporate planners can move, manipulate, or eliminate to save money,  thereby increasing profit. It’s a fact of corporate (and Ferengi) life.

Nothing is official yet -  there is a good chance I will be moved to a new team. All I can do right now is hope for the best. And update my resume. And try not to panic.