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Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch! Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead. Wake up - sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed. Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead. She's gone where the goblins go, Below - below - below. Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out. Ding Dong' the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low. Let them know The Wicked Witch is dead! Yesterday evening was full of (alleged) surprises. In short recap of the last hellish year, the regime of the functionally corrupt senior management chain had driven moral to a record-breaking low and caused many (myself included) to contemplate resignation to save hope toward finding a shred of quality of life in the work place in greener pastures. Many of us held on... waiting for a sign... anything. The CIO was relieved of position after years of opinionated tyranny and that revelation opened the floodgates of change. Shortly thereafter, the Vice President directly below retired early to save himself from the (dis)organization and the Director reporting to him was laid off. I could stop here and describe said Director's professional and personality flaws that caused his widespread hatred and eventually led to his demise, but that's all water under the bridge. The (questionable) Manager that was the byproduct of aforementioned corrupt and egocentric Director lived on to prove his inability to perform in a technical management position and treat his highly skilled professional engineers like Burger King employees because that's the only way he knew to act. Yesterday was the day of deliverance. There is a new command and I like it. The new management is a breath of fresh air and I believe in and support it all the way to the top. The unqualified manager now has a new opportunity to swallow his pride and grow into a productive member of the team. If this is possible, I believe the new Director can guide him to achieve his potential. My new manager is a good guy... smart and fair... the right man for the job. So it is. I have, as of yesterday, a new manager that I respect and am happy to work for... a new Director that I respect and am happy and honored to work for... a new Vice President that I respect and am happy to work for... and a new CEO that I respect and believe in... oh, and am happy to work for. My peers and I are once again being treated as professionals with respect. I have nothing but high hopes for this new environment and once again, for the first time in over a year, I can consider this a career and not a paycheck. Perhaps good things do indeed come to those who wait. I can say this... I'm proud to be a part of this group again because we are, under this new leadership, back together and on the right track. I have not felt this good about coming to work in over a year.