Tansfer part deux

As luck would have it, I'm in the process of transferring again within my company. No no.. not with the Department in Japan. They are on my blacklist. My current managers were outraged on what happened with the previous situation that they pitched an alternative plan to upper management. The plan entails me to stay on the team but work remotely from Japan. Because of the time zone difference, I would take care of all after hour escalations. This will allow the team to rest during night time since the job runs 24/7. This will also put a huge relief to the person with the Pager of Death. So far upper management has approved, including the account lead which is good news. It is now up to HR to confirm the change. Thankfully not the HR in Japan hehe. I will know the final answer this coming Monday. If all goes well, this will only be a temporary fix because the contract on my project ends next summer. I hope this goes through so I would have at least a buffer of about a year to work on my Japanese and find a more long term job in Japan. If this second attempt does not work, I'll keep moving strong on my original job hunting path.