It was surprising when my boss (remember that with recent dept changes I am reporting to the dept head) announced casually that he is quitting the company. He has been with this firm for about 7.5 years.

We, managers at the dept, expected this to happen a long back. He is a VP in the firm and has a fascinating career – he joined this firm when it was still a very young one; built the Chennai branch; then moved to Australia and built that branch. We all felt he was wasting his time being in IS; he should be heading the branch not a dept.

He is moving to build strategic accounts in a slightly bigger firm which is starting its operations in India. It is good for him. I wish him good luck.

How is this good for me? Well, I need to wait and see. But one of the option proposed was to merge both IS & IT depts and bring them under CTO. CTO discussed with me few options; if that happened, I would’ve gotten more visibility – He told the EXCOM that if Joseph (& another PM in the group) stays, he will be able to handle both depts. However, there were practical difficulties and this option is ruled out.

Even otherwise, I am expecting that this change will bring something positive to me! Hmm…wait and see.