so my manager announced she's leaving in three weeks. she's been here four years, knows every project, has been a really strong advocate for me internally. great person to work for, not thrilled about this.
i've been through one manager transition before and it went fine. i've heard stories where it was catastrophic. trying to figure out how to think about this.
my concerns, in order of how much they're keeping me up at night: new manager comes in and resets everything. new manager who doesn't know me, doesn't know my track record, is evaluating me fresh while i'm mid-project and probably not at my best. new manager has different priorities. my work for the last two quarters was aligned to what my current manager valued. new person might care about completely different things. no one advocates for me in the gap. depending on how long it takes to backfill, i could be reporting to a skip-level or an interim for months. comp review cycle is in four months.
things i'm doing or thinking about doing: asking my current manager to write a short "here's what you should know about mara" doc before she leaves. she said yes. trying to get one intro conversation with whoever they name before it's official. updating my notes on every project so i can brief a new manager without relying on her to transfer knowledge.
is there anything i'm missing? and for people who've been through this: was it as disruptive as it sounded, or did it normalize faster than expected?