Looking into it

I received a phone call yesterday while at work. The phone call was from my employer's St. Louis division (a division that is hungry for work and who has an EXTREMELY ambitious VP of Operations)...

I was offered a position on a $62mil project in SC, but after discussion with Tara, we decided that it was maybe not the best place for us. This particular project was going to be overseen by this particular VP. Now, in my industry, it is very difficult to know where and when your next project will be. In most instances, contractors do not specify or promise that you will get a particular job because they are afraid that you will loose focus on the task/project at hand-almost like getting 'Senioritis'.

The St. Louis division estimator called me and asked if I would assist the office with compiling a bid list due to my familiarity with the Tinker subcontractor market. I agreed, but I soon started to wonder if this was simply another political chest match between divisions (St. Louis doing a joint venture with the Dallas division). This drama concern made me wonder if I was going to be "used" and "abused" and simply forgotten. In my eyes, when you have a PM in position to do the work in his back yard, it would only make sense to utilize that PM for the project (aka use Mike Henson). The funny thing is that there is no way to know how the cards are going to fall, or if even Walton gets the job...who knows, but I can honestly say I'm not worried about it :) I just wish there was not so much political drama in work, and we as employees could just go out and do the best we can and maybe make a few new friends along the way.