With any merger there are bound to be some changes that do not sit well with others. The change in healthcare providers away from Kaiser Permanente was the most loudspoken disgruntlement among the employees. While that did not affect me personally, I have been more concerned with the very rapid movement of leaders at the site manager and above level. Now that the merger has been going on for a year, I would like to see more stability among the senior managers to help solidify all the changes that have occurred. The other point I take issue with is the confusion surrounding roles and responsibilities and the boundary between a Program Manager and a Project Engineer. Both have responsibilities that they own but which they have no authority to affect in our current organization (i.e. Project Engineer is the main owner of the schedule and task driver, but the Schedulers report directly to the Program Manageme.nt Office)
