Several meetings occurred while I was travelling.  I got the complete update today and it looks that they are planning to reduce the number of divisions from 5 to 3.  This means a complete rework of everything. 

I just got the notice about my interview - it's either gonna happen today or tomorrow.  It won't be with the VP of Marketing that I thought I was going to meet with.  It will be with one of the Promotions Directors. I actually know her and have worked somewhat closely with her.  I'm nervous but trying to stay confident.

Who the hell am I kidding?  I'm fucking scared.

Tags: reorganization, work
Current Mood: scared

Here's the last 48 hours or so...

I think I'm gonna try and work from home tomorrow.

Tags: travel, work
Current Location: Home
Current Mood: exhausted
Current Music: Law & Order

I'm travelling tonight down to Los Angeles for a very quick turn around trip for some field meetings. I'm looking forward to it overall - I don't get to do this very often.  The plan was, I would fly out at 8 pm tonight, have an early start and then fly back tomorrow night getting in at about 9:30.  I was perfectly fine with all of that until I got a phone call today.  

I'm being picked up for these meetings at 5:15 am.  Yep, that's right.  So, we are changing plans now. I'm getting my butt to the airport by 5 to try and get on one of the earlier flights.  There's a 6 pm and a 7 pm flight. Keep your fingers crossed.  It's an 80 minute flight so I'll get my butt directly to the hotel, take a shower and an Ambien and pass out until (oh God) 4:30 am.  

Now I'm sure some of you are going, "that's nothing, I get up at that time anyway". Well, I don't. I'm usually up between 7 and 7:30 and I'll actually have to be bright, shining and coherent at 5:15 am. 

The good news in that - I'll be done by 3 pm and should be able to get on an earlier flight home too. Yeah to no late night BART!

Tags: travel, work
Current Location: work
Current Mood: tired

If any of you watch the news or are into wine, you may have heard about the recent, major major acquisition that just happened between my company, Constellation Wines U.S., and Beam Wine Estates (own Clos du Bois, Wild Horse and a slew of others).  Today, they announced that the deal is done. It closed this morning. While generally this is good news, we just heard them use the not so good sounding "R" word this afternoon in a conference - restructure.

They will be taking all 5 of the divisions of Constellation Wins U.S. (including the newly added Beam Wine Estates) and restructuring everything - specifically sales and marketing. 

Over the next month, they will be interviewing marketing folks largely from my division and BWE to see who best fits where.  And, while it's sad to say it's honest - there will be cuts.

So yes, I'm a little freaked out. I'm going to be interviewed over the next couple of weeks (waiting on the schedule to come out) to see if that promotion we were talking about for March 1 will actually happen or not.  There's a good possibility I could still get it... and there's just as much of a possibility that I could lose my job altogether. Though either way, the change won't be effective until the start of the new fiscal, March 1, all the changes will be decided and announced January 15th.

I'm kinda scared, kinda excited. We'll see what happens.  All I can do right now is wait.

Tags: work
Current Location: work
Current Mood: nervous
Current Music: iTunes