Arlington Road
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- Alabama
I have been with my present employer for almost 22 years. In just over 3 and a half years from now, I will be eligible for retirement. We just had a major change in management. My immediate supervisor who I had worked under since late 2005 retired a month or so ago. I had known him for some time prior to him being my boss. He had been a co-worker prior to becoming the department head in late 2005. So, when he got that promotion, he knew all of us in the department, as for what we did, what kind of workers we were, etc. In other words, that transition was pretty seamless. However, 2005, this is not. The upper echelon has moved very quickly on hiring his replacement. This person is a complete outsider. They come in with extensive employee management experience. Policies and procedures are their specialty. They have, in essence, found a very different kind of boss, which is exactly what they were looking for. From what we have been told, this person has a unique style. Part of that is to "interview" the employees that they will be acquiring.
It doesn't sound like a one on one, get to know people kind of thing. It sounds like we will actually be interviewing for the jobs that we already have. Is such a thing common? And what if the new boss isn't overly impressed with our interviews? Could this new boss terminate someone based off of this? This boss hasn't even started yet, and already, nobody is getting a good feeling, as this feels very intimidating.
It doesn't sound like a one on one, get to know people kind of thing. It sounds like we will actually be interviewing for the jobs that we already have. Is such a thing common? And what if the new boss isn't overly impressed with our interviews? Could this new boss terminate someone based off of this? This boss hasn't even started yet, and already, nobody is getting a good feeling, as this feels very intimidating.