"waiting is the hardest part..."

i know corporate politics are nothing new. in fact they are common. everywhere. i just felt like venting a bit about the issue du jour.

see, i work in salt lake city, and an interesting fact about working for the corporation i do, is that no work will be done on monday evenings. nothing happens in any of the headquarters buildings on monday nights. in fact, the only employees that work on monday nights are a handful of security officers.

fast forward to tonight. monday. we have an outside production moving in to be presented for an invited audience tomorrow. they are scheduled for a full technical and dress rehearsal tonight. that means it's just like a performance, but without an audience. the obvious problem is, it's monday.

due to the tight schedule and the nature of the audience, the sponsor, (who we'll just say is a higher level of authority than any of us that are involved from three different departments, or our upper management), gave the ok to the group to hold this rehearsal.

enter the politics. two of the departments are standing by to support the rehearsal, knowing that there is a possibility that it may not happen. the third department is sticking by written policy, and is planning not to work tonight, unless they are authorized directly by the sponsor.

i'm not too concerned, knowing that my team has worked hard to ensure a good performance tomorrow, regardless of whether we rehearse tonight or not. since not all three departments can agree on tonight, the decision has to be made by the sponsor.

that still has not happened.

in less than two hours, cast members will begin arriving for the rehearsal, which will be less than effective if the one department isn't allowed to offer their support. on the other hand, without an official decision from the sponsor, we can't very well cancel the rehearsal either.

hence the dilemma. yet still we wait...