Information flow?

Apparently in the wonderful world of higher education, the principles of communication flow, or even basic physics (gravity), farming (trickle down), etc., do not apply.

When a rather abrupt management change is made, and an email goes out to big wigs across campus, apparently it is not necessary to include the former director and the newly-named interim director in the correspondence. I think that is just odd.

But what was perhaps more striking is that even when my management is made aware of these substantial changes, they feel no need to let me know. Even though I communicate with the related parties nearly daily and happen to handle the budget related to the changes, and as we are in budget crunch mode, I'm sending a handful of probing questions whenever the urge arises. Needless to say, I feel a bit like a jackass. It's never a comforting feeling to know you're somehow cut out of the loop, but it is pretty much kick-in-the-stomach-nauseating when you are allowed to let the rest of the world know that you are completely cut out of the loop.

I have no clue why I'm venting about this. This is the way it has always been, but I guess the vagueness of other notices, coupled with the info-blocking-nature of my previous manager made me think that life would some how improve. Alas, wishful thinking, again, gets me nowhere.

The good news is that I am now able to say with great authority that anyone who seeks out a job with absolutely no accountability and directions that shift as often as the wind, the California higher education system that is my employ, in all it's glory, could be a wonderful fit.