Job scare?

It's been awhile since I have posted. I have to get a better habit of documenting my day at work. It would prove to be a very useful tool. Anyway, today I had a conversation when I got to work with one of my colleagues. He informed me of an email that he received about one of the project groups we are affiliated with. Apparently there budget for this year has been cut almost in half. It is important, because this is a group that was promising us a tremendous amount of funding to accelerate the roll out of gXRS to the US so that it would included their Healthcare Compliance Module. Now they are pushing back, saying that they don't have the budget to justify what we are charging them to do the extra work. Initially, I thought perhaps my job (beyond this year) might be in jeopardy because of this new information. Luckily, it's not going to impact our groups plans and we are moving forward. What a relief! It does go to show you that a job is a very sacred thing, and no matter how secure you feel (even in company like J&J) there are always things that could impact your security. This is a "bad" time for the company because many of the affiliates are not performing as well has they have in the past. As a result, the organization as a whole is takin measures that they haven't had to in previous years. Only time will tell if this is a temporary phenomenon or a new trend. It does make me feel good that I am slightly insulated from the negative results because I am part of Corporate.

More to come.