ok, regarding job transition, met with a guy on my old team this afternoon...
I have a monthly meeting with a coworker (my old job) that we just discuss issues, etc. Catch up if you will.. I didn't mention anything about my upcoming job change, but waited to see if he would mention it (my manager was supposed to discuss with him and the rest of the team a week ago so they could figure out who was picking up my work). We talked for 2 hours, he did not mention it and apparently does not know that I am moving to a different team Dec 1. I found out a bunch of information that filled some of the background for things I had heard.. I am amazed that the team is not aware of my upcoming change, gonna be some upset folks is my guess. I'm not going to rock the boat by spilling the beans. Apparently, all but two of the team expressed concerns about a new manager that did not know the job at all (what her new team does), even HR cautioned the second level manager about promoting a new manager to take a senior (most have 35+ years at the company, at least 10 years in current role) team.