HR knows how to do HR and how to read from a script. That doesn't necessarily equate to knowing how to make business decisions that affect some of the largest VES customers billing millions of dollars in revenue, and some with upcoming contract renewals. Any exec worth his/her salt is not going to go to these kinds of customers on 12/11 to tell them that x% of their account team or MS team or whatever team is history in just over two weeks. They have been discussing and strategizing for weeks now and mostly just needed the final tally that came in on 11/17 to finalize their plans and figure out which pile names go in. Though originally my director seemed totally fine with my desire to be gone on 12/28, he has since advised that our senior leaders have now pegged me as a March roll-off and that they expect no push back with getting that approved by the powers that be. While it's not the "Official HR 12/10 Notification", I am pretty confident that I'll be here until March. Bastages!
Reposted from @WeKeTMS-1hih.