Uncertainty

There is a bit of uncertainty floating around right now. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), my work has been bought out by another company. With a merger of this size, you just never know what to expect. We are a global company with offices in the San Francisco, Toronto, Hong Kong, Singapore, London, even random places like Peru and etc. B/c it is a global merger, everything takes forever to finalize, especially due to the anti trust laws in the US.

Although we heard about the merger months ago, we still don't know the structure of our company going forward. The headquarters in Australia for the other company is in Melbourne and we are obviously in Sydney. They have a small Syd office of maybe 50 people (I've heard rumors of anywhere from 20 people to 60), most of them being in sales. My question is, do they need two receptionists? Do they even have a receptionist in their small office? If so, which one will they keep? So many questions and no answers to be had.

The only positive side of being laid off would be a really good motivation to get off my butt and find another position more in line with my career goals. Another could be a new opportunity with the company, you never know who many need a new assistant. Hopefully the outcome is a positive one. I can't worry about it yet. Although, not having a job would really put a damper on our life style. We were hoping to take a South East Asia trip sometime next year. I won't have to worry about taking time off but I may not have the funds to go anymore!

Keep you posted.