The Bear Den #6

I know, I know.  I totally fell off the wagon.  My goal for this blog was always at least one post a month.  Clearly, that's not how 2016 and 2017 went.  The main cause was I just wasn't feeling it.  In November, I started having some weird vibes at work.  It dragged out over the holidays and finally, in December, the upper management told us that our company was merging with a much larger company.  Basically, we were sold to the highest bidder.  The company as we knew it was no longer going to exist.  If you've ever been through something like this, there are some common things that always happen.  First, some people will be retained, some won't.  Second, more than likely your job title, duties or boss will change.  Third, the dynamic of the company will change to that of the bigger company.

Now, I've been around for a while now.  I'm not a business person per say, but I do know how business works.  Nothing that happened during the course of this change was a surprise to me.  But that doesn't mean I liked it.  A good chunk of people were let go, one of which I was very upset to see leave.  My title and job duties did change as well as my salary, all for the better.  My boss was not retained but my new boss wasn't really a change for me.  I was one of the lucky ones.  But the environment that I liked working in has slowly been eroded away and that has taken its toll on me.  I'm dealing with it but not as well as I could be.  I guess only time will tell if I'll be able to continue with the company.  I'm trying to keep an open mind.

While all this was happening, Kevin's job was also going though a restructuring as well making him concerned about what the future held for him.  He came out of it ok, but with changes he is not pleased with.  Needless to say that the end of 2016 was a bit rough for us in the career sector.

2017 so far has just been really busy.  I bought a new car on New Years Eve and I've been trying to figure it out ever since.  Its a fancy car with the touch screen dash and a bunch of bells and whistles I'm not used to.  I can hear certain people laughing right now because most cars have these things these days.  I'm used to my Jeep that doesn't get fancy.  I'm old school like that.  I've also been traveling a lot.  Well, twice in a month, which is a lot for me.  Once for work and the other for our vacation.  I hate traveling for work but I went with a coworker I like so it wasn't terrible.  He got seafood with me one night and taught me how to eat Korean the next.  I think we represented our new company well.

Stay turned for some recaps from the end of 2016.  I hope to finally put up a Christmas post!

Cheers!