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featherynscaleHad The Talk(tm) with Human Resources today. The Holding Company is divesting itself of a significant portion of its assets (which I knew) and there will be major organizational shifts to come, which is to say that 1/2 to 2/3 of the staff will be released to go on to bigger and better things, or whatever.
It appears that I have a choice. Roll off, take a significant severance package (though no numbers were discussed, so I can't say how significant "significant" is), and find another job, potentially as soon as March, or stay on, and essentially become the MIS and HR departments, at a significantly increased pay rate (again, no numbers).
With a much-reduced staff and much-reduced interests, reasonably, absorbing these two functions would not increase my workload by much at all, as most of my current job function would also disappear into the ether. However, should the Company decide to acquire other assets (as it likely would eventually), I'd probably move into one or the other department as its head, (which is somewhat alarming to me - I'm perfectly capable of performing the functions of either of these departments, but I'm not sure I care for the concept that people might report to me).
Bleh. So apparently, I need to come to a decision on this within the next few weeks. Slack and take severence, or take a raise and a new job? Don't know. This would be a lot easier if there had been some numbers attached to these options.
It appears that I have a choice. Roll off, take a significant severance package (though no numbers were discussed, so I can't say how significant "significant" is), and find another job, potentially as soon as March, or stay on, and essentially become the MIS and HR departments, at a significantly increased pay rate (again, no numbers).
With a much-reduced staff and much-reduced interests, reasonably, absorbing these two functions would not increase my workload by much at all, as most of my current job function would also disappear into the ether. However, should the Company decide to acquire other assets (as it likely would eventually), I'd probably move into one or the other department as its head, (which is somewhat alarming to me - I'm perfectly capable of performing the functions of either of these departments, but I'm not sure I care for the concept that people might report to me).
Bleh. So apparently, I need to come to a decision on this within the next few weeks. Slack and take severence, or take a raise and a new job? Don't know. This would be a lot easier if there had been some numbers attached to these options.
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Date: 2003-11-21 11:09 am (UTC)Hell, look at the numbers, but a steady job and a raise is nothing to sneeze at in the Glorious Economy of the Holy American Empire.
Plus the amazing potential for messing with people's heads. :)
If it truly ends up being an awful change, you can always quit.
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Date: 2003-11-21 11:22 am (UTC)At this point, when everything's nebulous like this, it's really a battle between ambition and slack-drive. And ambition has never really been my middle name. But we'll see what happens as more information comes in.
In the meantime, I'm trying to figure out a)what fair-market value on the new job might be, and b)how easy it would be for me to pick up a new job outside the Company, just for comparison purposes. I know the general economy sucks, but there's generally always something worthwhile within my range of function.
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Date: 2003-11-21 11:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-11-21 12:28 pm (UTC)no subject
*runs like hell, part II*
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Date: 2003-11-21 12:49 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2003-11-21 01:02 pm (UTC)Why do I have the feeling I'm going to regret this?
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Date: 2003-11-21 01:06 pm (UTC)Hey, that's my trick!
Date: 2003-11-21 01:43 pm (UTC)Re: Hey, that's my trick!