I've been in my current job for more than twelve years. It's - honestly - not a great job. I'm doing the work of three or more people. But almost every day, I get to go home feeling like I've accomplished something. Even when "something" was just "putting a few things away."
We learned this week that the company which employs me is for sale. And they already have a likely owner lined up.
It's super-scary.
Management has called me at least once a day to reassure me that I - personally - am a priority, here. That one of the things they are trying to do in this sale is keep me around. Not an abstract, "someone in your position," but me. Personally.
Either way, it leads to a lot of uncertainty. What if the new owners write off Seattle entirely? What if they decide to move locations to somewhere even further from the house?
And there is a nagging voice in the back of my head that doesn't trust the current management. Which is silly. I've worked jobs where paychecks bounced - this hasn't happened, here. I've worked jobs where payroll "errors" were common and PTO would just disappear from your accruals. That hasn't happened, here. I've worked jobs where a single sick day could (and would) lead to unemployment. Again: that hasn't happened here.
But I don't know if I'll still be here next month, much less next year. And that is really scary. And I really dislike it.
