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Husband's Job Ending
My husband has been working as a project manager for the past six years. It's been a really good job, provided him with awesome experience, and we've been lucky/smart enough to save a decent amount of money. Now, though, his project is coming to an end and he'll be without work come May 1. He wants to remain loyal to this company and see the project through completion, but at the same time, he has to work... being unemployed is going to be a bit of a blow to our lifestyle (I'm not a big fan of spending our savings, though it is comforting to have it). He is an engineer.
I, his loving wife, am in human resources and understand that this may be a bit of a challenge. What are your thoughts -- should I encourage him to really start looking for something else, or should I support him waiting it out? I'm torn. I see both sides. I don't want to nag him (and I haven't), but I'm a bit worried.
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Re: Husband's Job Ending
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First of all disagreeing with him is not the antithesis of supporting him. You two are sharing a life and should have equal say in life altering decisions. As someone who works in HR, you know how the hiring process works from a first hand perspective, and have insight that others wouldn't. Part of being an engineer/project manager is to gather the necessary information from specialists and then proceed with the best resolution.
My 2cents: Tell him your valid concerns from your experience/perspective. There's no harm in looking early for a job because you can always explain your situation during the interview process, and the company/job might just wait for you... there's no harm in trying. If the company can't wait, then talk about the other options with the current job, such as quitting vs staying on. One out of the box option would be to offer to be a part time consultant until the completion of the project, then you might even have 2 incomes and no period of unemployment rather than the other scenario.
From one engineer to another, as long as you're flexible there are jobs out there. If you're not flexible, start looking asap, May is graduation season and you will be competing with a fresh batch of eager engineers that will cost a lot less to employ.
Happy Hunting! and best of luck :-)
It can't hurt to start looking- and if something really great comes up between then and now, who knows, he might be able to negotiate with the other company for a May 2 start date- sometimes the hiring process takes so long (depending on the company) that it might take that long to get approval and hire by May 1st anyway.
This.