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countrigal
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Gee... sorry to hear your plight. I would think, if you're worried about you, that you'd grab ahold of the option to move with bossie, even if it's not your choice, if it's the difference between a job or no job. If they are outsourcing jobs, and folks are retiring and not being replaced, I see that the office you're currently in could be going away -- meaning no job soon. I'd be doing what I could to make myself indespensible to bossie so he'd want to take me with him. Then if it's still not what you want, you can look elsewhere, but at least you still have a job.
Also, as MsMarie says... you need to have some knowledge of what is going on around you. If everyone else knows and you don't, to me that's a flag that there's a problem. I know that places are clicky and not all companies have networking on the brain for admins, but it may be an issue of putting yourself out there and being friendly to help open that door. I remember you used to say how you told people you don't gossip, don't believe in it, etc, etc... Depending on how you go about this, you may be closing doors (permanently) that you don't want to. There are ways of not gossiping but still being friendly, chatty without being too chatty, and hooking into the grapevine without really being "in" it. In one post I had, I simply had to keep my ears open and listen to the conversations the other admins were having to be kept in the loop. Yeah, their visiting sometimes drove me nuts while I was trying to work, but I developed an ability to only half-listen, keying in only when certain words were used and such. In this way, I knew what was going on, never spread gossip, was never in the "in" group, and in some ways this allowed me to be a better admin for bossie because I could start anticipating things (needs, concerns, reports, etc) before he asked for them.
Not knowing how your place is set up, meaning are you where you can listen to others or not, is there a break room you could use as a place of education, a water cooler that you need to start visiting, etc... it's hard to help you. But I really think, no matter how clicky the admins are, there are ways to start learning information and being "in the know" if you put yourself out there to do it. Don't think of going to the water cooler as a break, see it as part of your duties to gather all the information you can for your position.
Good luck, no matter what. Hopefully all will work out the way it should, be that you having a job with bossie in the new position, or keeping a post in the office you're in, or any other option...
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