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RE: Jump or wait to be pushed (was Control Issues)
Subject:RE: Jump or wait to be pushed (was Control Issues) From:"Gillies, Sascha" <Sascha -dot- Gillies -at- au -dot- unisys -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:23:04 +1100
I was in the "jump or be pushed" position two years ago. I had been at the company for three years and had seen several waves of retrenchments.
My opinion is JUMP!
Start looking for work now- the security of my new job was well worth forgoing the severance payments. After all, severance payments are likely to only cover your job-seeking period after retrenchment.
IMHO it is easier to find a job when you have a job.
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Subject: Jump or wait to be pushed (was Control Issues)
--- Sarah Stegall <siliconwriter -at- comcast -dot- net> wrote:
>
> You say your company has recently merged with
> another; I'd say layoffs
> are definitely a possibility. Managers often take
> advantage of these
> situations to weed out people; I would get out of
> that job before you
> get axed in the next round.
OTOH, if the companies in question are good ones, the
layoffs may come with decent packages -- including,
for example, severence pay and access to job-search
resources for the following x number of weeks. Might
it not be better to wait rather than jump?
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