I was placed on a bubble last year and I've been bubbled twice since. I'm concerned I won't get to do the job I was hired for.
Are bubble assignments indicative of being laid off?
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Bubble assignment usually get the less desirable employees in my experience. Thorns in a manager's side
@1may+1rcrmmDj Solid answer.
In the corporate world, bubble assignments are usually a positive thing, demonstrating management's recognition of your knowledge, abilities, or potential at a level above your current pay grade. Having been there, I can list some of the following pitfalls: being expected to do your "day job" as well while you're trying to do your best work at a higher level; having accountability for the outcome but no authority over the people and resources involved; not having your own budget; no guaranteed path to the position you're temporarily filling (or it was going to be a short-term role anyway so they pulled from within rather than hire for it); jealous coworkers who were not selected; and finally, getting your regular paycheck instead of the one you should be getting for the higher level work.
Regardless, the long-term prospects are very bleak.
I don’t think a bubble is indicative of you being laid off. One of my team members was given a bubble assignment, has been doing great, and is now being formalized as the manager of that function.
I would say no, but this is Honeywel.
Usually the opposite but need more information. If your dept has no work then ….