Well it looks like I spoke too soon. I'm not going to be moving over to the Desktop Support position as I originally reported. My supervisor came to me yesterday afternoon and told me that he couldn't move me over until they ("they" being those with a higher pay grade than him) hired a replacement for me on this project. "It'll be a couple weeks in the new department and then we'll bring you back." I served up my best "Really, bitch?" look and said, "C'mon…it took six weeks between the time I first interviewed and actually started work." He nodded and agreed that it may be a bit longer than two weeks. "But we aren't going to give up!"
Whatever. As Ben is fond of saying, "It is what it is." But I'm profoundly disappointed for a number of reasons. I was really looking forward to staying in this department. I've been here three months and have gotten to know all the policies and procedures—not to mention the people—pretty well. I was also looking forward to the relative stability this change would afford.
But no. As of Monday, I'll be moving with my contractor colleague to a new department, with an entirely different IT staff and wholly different policies and procedures. We met the supervisor there, and he didn't seem too thrilled to see either one of us.
And that promise to bring me back? At this point I'm not holding out much hope. I am mentally attempting however, to just go forward as if the events of Tuesday never happened. I'm working. It's good income. At this point that's what matters.