Today is going to be an adventure.

If you are a regular reader you know that I don’t talk a lot about my day job. While I do mention work occasionally, I seldom, if ever, mention the company I work for directly. I want to modify that a bit this morning.

For most of the past eight years I have worked for a call center here in Central Florida, most of that time in the Workforce Management department. And although I will be going in to the same building, the same office, and sitting at the same desk, I will begin working for a new company today.

My old company was purchased by another company. After four months of legal and regulatory hoop jumping the deal closed last night and our new, joint operation begins today.

As far as I know now, my work life won’t be much different going forward than it has been in the past. Of course with a new company there’s no way to know what changes could be coming down the road. And while I am excited about the possibilities, there is still a certain amount of nervousness surrounding what could be.

Our center’s location could make us the beneficiary of some very good things due to our proximity (we’re less than 50 miles away) to the new company’s headquarters. As the center closest to corporate HQ, it is easy to imagine us being a showcase when presenting the business to potential clients. That could mean top of the line facilities, equipment, and infrastructure. (Hey, maybe they’ll upgrade our browsers from Microsoft’s bastard step-child — IE 6. That, in it’s self, would be a great change.)

At the very least we’re getting a party. Now that the legalities have been wrapped up, today is the day for the official public announcement. There will be site walk throughs, information sharing (the amount of information that can be shared before all the legalities are out of the way is minuscule), media coverage, the announcement, and the unveiling of our new sign. And food. Good food. Lunch always tastes better when the company is picking up the tab.

I don’t know what will happen after today. No idea how things will change. I’m fairly confident that any changes will be better for me personally. But then, I’m an optimist. Because of the flexible nature of what I do, I will be assisting with festivities.

I’ll let you know how things turn out.