Sideswiped!

For 5 years I managed to fly under the radar at work. Recently, I was approached by several Directors about promotion. During last year's succession planning session, I was clear that I do not aspire to climb the corporate ladder. Let me do a good job in a support role. My kids come first. I will be there after school to pick them up. Time invested in the kids has paid off. My old boss was a great guy. Empowering, trusting of my judgement, supportive - loved working for him. He is the one who instigated the promotion proposal - and so, with the understanding that I could continue to work my current (absurdly early) hours, a one week increase in vacation time, and a moderqate pay increase, I applied. The application was a formality. Was awarded the job 3 weeks ago with a delayed start date to allow me to train my replacement.

Today was my first day. The first half of the day was exciting. I could see some opportunities for quick wins - a great way to start!

At noon, I was called into the boss's office. He closed the door. uh-OH! After a whole 6 hours on the job, the executive has decided to move me. Trying to balance out the expertise amongst areas. It is a latteral move, to a commodity I have experience with. I have no desire to return to it. The new manager is someone to whome I have a visceral response. This guy is bad news. My gut screams in his presense. I expressed my diappointment to the 'good guy' who was (in his words) livid. The exec will not back down. I had to meet with the exec to voice my reservations. Told them that I was not interested in a move. Gave them a politically correct version of my concern about working with the vile creature who would be my boss. i have until Friday morning to reconsider. Or what? I was afraid to ask...

Can't afford to lose my job. Don't think I can afford the repercussions of refusing to transfer, but I am seriously worried about what this could do to my psyche...

Can't shake the feeling of doom. I cannot work with an incarnation of my father. I will wither and die inside.