6 - Turn and Face the Change

The idea of losing my job is both horrifying and elating.
It's time to explain why it's happening.

My company is making cutbacks, so my current job will be completely revolutionised. The stories I report, my hours, my geographical patch, the technology, will all change.
Then there are the friends who will lose their job, in order for other friends to keep theirs. In all, 55% per cent of us will be cut.

Naturally, opinion is divided about whether this change is a good or bad thing. A new beginning, or the death of a golden era. There's no right answer, just the fact that it IS happening.

All I can say is how it makes ME feel. And the over riding emotion is this: immensely sad. Because I love my job, and I don't want it to change.

In the next few weeks, the selection process will begin for those who want the new style jobs. The rest will apply for voluntary redundancy, and then work on until the changes are implemented next year.

I am about to officially declare, for the first time, that I have decided to leave.

I know it is the right decision for me.

But I still feel very scared.