There's an opportunity for me to get "promoted" to a middle management role on a completely different project. Today I got an overview of what work has been done so far, and what's planned for the next year.

Not going to go into details, but this project is a pipe dream that'll never work without overhauling a large chunk of the client's organization, and that's not going to happen. My guess is there's a high likelihood of this project being cut, and me losing my job if I move to this project.

I've "informally" accepted the promotion by saying I'm interested, but after today's meeting I'd rather stay where I am where things are much more stable. How do I get out of this BS "promotion" to a death march project that's basically guaranteed to fail? I can't outright tell my manager it's a death march. JFC.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763738&forum_id=2#49194970)

"Whoever planned this project severely underestimated its complexity and the resources required to deliver it. You need the client's senior leadership to make a drastic organizational change for this project to succeed, but this is being treated as a minor effort without any indication that senior leadership is even aware of this work. If/when someone competent finds out what this project is trying to accomplish, they'll know it's impossible and likely kill the contract."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763738&forum_id=2#49195019)