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New VP is awful! WWYD?
I've been at my job for almost nine months and I've been in love with it. Up until six weeks ago. First, we got a new VP, who is the biggest a$$ I've ever met! There were three rounds of layoffs and more could be coming. We went from eight territories to seven and they changed almost everything. The way we were doing things worked fine and we were getting great results. Also, morale in our group was very high. Since the new VP started, everyone is feeling the pressure, productivity is low and moral is almost non-existent. We have a meeting coming up on Wednesday to talk about everything that is going on and how we feel. The VP won't be there, but in the past I've noticed when people complain about something, they pretty much put a target on their back.
I work for a huge global corporate company that almost has a monopoly on the industry. It's also very specific for what I went to college for. There are other jobs I can do in the area, but for most of the good ones I would have to move. I am very, very fortunate that my DH has a great job. I could go back to being a SAHW again, but I love working. We would have to cut back on some of the fun things we do, but we have no debt and no kids.
What would you do? Quit? Wait and see if I get laid off? Maybe start a family? (We were talking about it, but we want a house first.) Would you just take any old job you could find (ie retail or serving) or take some time off to do a little volunteer work? I have started sending out a few resumes, but like I said my specialty is pretty limited in my area. Thanks.
Re: New VP is awful! WWYD?
I don't know how terrible your environment is with your new VP but if I were you I'd suck it up as long as possible while saving as much money as possible for a house/baby while continuing to send our resumes and networking.
I agree with this. When I look to hire new people, the more jobs they have where they stayed short term the less attractive they look to me as a new employee. I'd try and stick it out as long as you can. You've only been there 9 months, likely you are just going through a "rough patch". Any job you have long term is going to have good times and bad times...kind of like marriage. I'd give it another few months and see what happens. And of course it never hurts to apply for any job opportunity that you might enjoy.
Thanks for the advice, but I guess I should of put more information on my work. How long you've been at a job is really not something people who hire in my field hold against you. The majority of people do freelance work and temporary jobs. They just want to know what your experience is. They don't care how long you've been at a job. Before I had this job I held five jobs over the period of two and a half years and some that overlapped each other. No one even questioned it and it never cost me a job. It's not your typical business.
I'm not trying to be snarly, but I'm genuinely curious. Why would you hold that against anyone, especially in this job market? You could potentially have a great worker, but you're going to pass them up because they had a lot of jobs in a short time? That makes no sense to me.
I am sticking it out a little after today. We had a meeting, and they are making more changes so I'll see where it goes from there.