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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m struggling and could use some outside perspective. I just found out that a major part of my job, ( the team I built, shaped, and led) was taken away from me and moved under another Director. We are both Directors, and the VP this director reported to always questioned why this team under me existed as he felt like one of the teams under this director was doing similar work. The decision was made without my input. 
I feel blindsided, demoralized, and honestly… embarrassed. It feels like my scope was reduced and I’m supposed to just smile and carry on. What’s making this harder is that I loved that team. I invested so much in building the function, hiring the right people, creating the strategy, stabilizing the operations, and partnering cross-functionally. It was a huge part of my identity at work. And now it’s just gone. Overnight. And I’m left trying to figure out what that means for my future.

Part of me feels like this is a signal that leadership doesn’t see me in the same way I saw myself. That maybe there’s a ceiling for me here that I didn’t realize before. And another part of me is trying to be rational: sometimes org changes aren’t personal. Sometimes it’s politics, optics, or someone else jockeying for ownership.

But regardless of the reason, it still hurts. I feel small, sidelined, and unsure of how to position myself now. And I hate that it makes me question my own value when I know the work was good and the results were real. My team doesn’t know yet as it hasn’t been announced. 
I’m trying to hold onto my dignity and professionalism, but inside I’m wrestling with:
	•	Is this the beginning of being phased out?
	•	How do you stay motivated when part of your purpose just got pulled away?
	•	And how do you face your team without feeling like you failed them?
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How have you failed your team? Are they or some of them going to be made redundant by this move or absorbed into the other Director’s team? Why would they care either way (besides missing you as you sound like a good boss) so long as they still have jobs?[/quote]

I don’t know if they will be made redundant, i just know that i won’t be in a position to protect them. [/quote]

Protect them from what? Does this company just generally suck? If so, you all have bigger problems.[/quote]

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