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by: ctl74 Active Indicator LED Icon 10 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Jul 9, '14 9:57am  
Please bare with me here... So I'm in a very unique position, as I've been working for my company for almost 4 years, the past year being remote from home. My company is international, but my team is split between two East Coast locations. I know that I'm extremely fortunate to be in the situation that I am in. On the flipside, my company has gone through a slew of budget and employee cuts in the past 6 months. My team has lost two players (one voluntarily went to a competitor, the other was not doing the work and so another position was found for her within the division); and so this means more work piled onto the remaining team members. I have no problem with this as I enjoy the work, have a good enough work/life balance, and I have a strong reputation within the division. With the slew of cuts, we have had a slew of higher-ups jumping ship to competitors. The most recent one was a gentleman that I have a very strong working relationship with. Basically, I interviewed for a job on his team in May 2013 and was told that I would have been offered the position if I was not relocating. (His budget could not support me traveling back a few times a year.) If I had stayed and changed teams, I would have had a higher salary, more opportunities to grow professionally and personally, and would have been on a good career path. Right now my challenge is that I have no room to grow with where I am at. While I'm still trying to figure out my priorities (family or career) for right now,  I was thinking of reaching out to this former colleague through our LinkedIn connection to see if his new team has any needs I can help fulfill. Of course, the challenge is that this new company is not international and so I'm not sure working remote would even be an option. But considering 3 of our higher-ups left to go to that company within the past year, I think there is $ and investment on the company's part to grow. So, my question is - how do I word this? I was going to wait a couple of weeks to let him settle in but how do I go about throwing myself at him, basically, without seeming like I'm doing that? And, is it even worth doing this in the first place? 4951
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Drekonix Active Indicator LED Icon 5
~ 9 years ago   Jul 9, '14 10:02am  
 So, my question is - how do I word this?
@ctl74: Send him this message:https://www.kingwood.com/messages/job_advice_please.php?message_board_parent_id=1091369&message_board_category_id=&ampEmoticonage=
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Drekonix Active Indicator LED Icon 5
~ 9 years ago   Jul 9, '14 10:03am  
Honestly I think you nailed it with, I have a very strong working relationship with this person and no room to grow within the current company.I think he will absolutely understand. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Jul 9, '14 10:05am  
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ctl74 Active Indicator LED Icon 10 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Jul 9, '14 10:08am  

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>> Please bare with me here... So I'm in a very unique position, as I've been working for my company for almost 4 years, the past year being remote from home. My company is international, but my team is split between two East Coast locations. I know that I'm extremely fortunate to be in the situation that I am in. On the flipside, my company has gone through a slew of budget and employee cuts in the past 6 months. My team has lost two players (one voluntarily went to a competitor, the other was not doing the work and so another position was found for her within the division); and so this means more work piled onto the remaining team members. I have no problem with this as I enjoy the work, have a good enough work/life balance, and I have a strong reputation within the division. With the slew of cuts, we have had a slew of higher-ups jumping ship to competitors. The most recent one was a gentleman that I have a very strong working relationship with. Basically, I interviewed for a job on his team in May 2013 and was told that I would have been offered he position if I was not relocating. (His budget could not support me traveling back a few times a year.) If I had stayed and changed teams, I would have had a higher salary, more opportunities to grow professionally and personally, and would have been on a good career path. Right now my challenge is that I have no room to grow with where I am at. While I'm still trying to figure out my priorities (family or career) for right now,  I was thinking of reaching out to this former colleague through our LinkedIn connection to see if his new team has any needs I can help fulfill. Of course, the challenge is that this new company is not international and so I'm not sure working remote would even be an option. But considering 3 of our higher-ups left to go to that company within the past year, I think there is $ and investment on the company's part to grow. So, my question is - how do I word this? I was going to wait a couple of weeks to let him settle in but how do I go about throwing myself at him, basically, without seeming like I'm doing that? And, is it even worth doing this in the first place?
 
@ctl74: just do it. Just start out by asking questions about the company.
 
 
@mm4731: What sort of questions would you ask? Like, what is the company's and team's goals / long-term plans? Is there a need for the work I do? What else? @dreks - Ok, thank you! I feel weird doing this - I'm not the best when it comes to selling myself.
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donnatella Active Indicator LED Icon 13 Forum Moderator
~ 9 years ago   Jul 9, '14 10:20am  
It certainly never hurts to ask. Use your strong relationship with him to boost your own self confidence. Start off as just catching up, see if he likes his new company, if they have a referral system, would he recommend the place, etc.
 
The mass exodus of higher-ups speaks volumes about what is going on in your company. Been there a few times myself and I, fortunately, jumped ship just in time.
 
Also remember that you are much more attractive to another company if you are still employed, so the time to act is now.
 
Good luck and air up those floaties. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Jul 9, '14 10:29am  
 
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>> Please bare with me here... So I'm in a very unique position, as I've been working for my company for almost 4 years, the past year being remote from home. My company is international, but my team is split between two East Coast locations. I know that I'm extremely fortunate to be in the situation that I am in. On the flipside, my company has gone through a slew of budget and employee cuts in the past 6 months. My team has lost two players (one voluntarily went to a competitor, the other was not doing the work and so another position was found for her within the division); and so this means more work piled onto the remaining team members. I have no problem with this as I enjoy the work, have a good enough work/life balance, and I have a strong reputation within the division. With the slew of cuts, we have had a slew of higher-ups jumping ship to competitors. The most recent one was a gentleman that I have a very strong working relationship with. Basically, I interviewed for a job on his team in May 2013 and was told that I would have been offered he position if I was not relocating. (His budget could not support me traveling back a few times a year.) If I had stayed and changed teams, I would have had a higher salary, more opportunities to grow professionally and personally, and would have been on a good career path. Right now my challenge is that I have no room to grow with where I am at. While I'm still trying to figure out my priorities (family or career) for right now,  I was thinking of reaching out to this former colleague through our LinkedIn connection to see if his new team has any needs I can help fulfill. Of course, the challenge is that this new company is not international and so I'm not sure working remote would even be an option. But considering 3 of our higher-ups left to go to that company within the past year, I think there is $ and investment on the company's part to grow. So, my question is - how do I word this? I was going to wait a couple of weeks to let him settle in but how do I go about throwing myself at him, basically, without seeming like I'm doing that? And, is it even worth doing this in the first place?
@ctl74: just do it. Just start out by asking questions about the company.
@mm4731: What sort of questions would you ask? Like, what is the company's and team's goals / long-term plans? Is there a need for the work I do? What else?
 
@dreks - Ok, thank you! I feel weird doing this - I'm not the best when it comes to selling myself.
@ctl74: Good thing you're in the paper pushing field, you'd make a terrible hooker. 4951
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donnatella Active Indicator LED Icon 13 Forum Moderator
~ 9 years ago   Jul 9, '14 10:33am  
@WskyTngoFxtrt: Bad boy...bad bad boy!
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ctl74 Active Indicator LED Icon 10 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Jul 9, '14 10:34am  
@WTFSo true, so true! Catholic guilt gets me every time. 4951
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WskyTngoFxtrt Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 9 years ago   Jul 9, '14 10:34am  
@WskyTngoFxtrt: Bad boy...bad bad boy!
@donnatella: She said it, I was just elaborating. 4951
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donnatella Active Indicator LED Icon 13 Forum Moderator
~ 9 years ago   Jul 9, '14 10:37am  
Naughty dirty boys are the first ones sacrificed when the Zombies invade. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Jul 9, '14 10:38am  
Naughty dirty boys are the first ones sacrificed when the Zombies invade.
@donnatella: You would get so lonely with them. 4951
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shodan66 Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 9 years ago   Jul 9, '14 10:43am  
First thing, and maybe you omitted this simply because you already know the answer, but is he in any position at all to hire someone?  It's been my experience that even when our company hires senior managers there are still limitations either real or expected on them until they've proven they can do the job they were hired for and are a good fit.  From his perspective, he may also be in that feeling out process window where he's still deciding whether or not he made a good choice by joining the company he did.  The last thing you want is to leave your established position to join hands with him only to find out in 6 months that he hates it and moves again or is let go.I'm not saying to not reach out.  If it were me I'd definitely keep up with him, ask about the new gig, even drop a subtle hint about liking to work with him in the past and being interested if he finds that the company is to his liking and he has a need for your skills.  Staying on his radar would be a good thing but I'd be careful about a full-on approach until he's settled in and sure he's staying.FWIW, remote employee work is getting more and more common.  I've been work-from-home for almost a decade.  When I started I was blazing new trails for our company.  These days we hire talent where we find it.  If we can get them in an office then fine, if not they work remote.  It's not nearly as big a deal as it used to be.Just my 2 cents.  YMMV. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Jul 9, '14 10:43am  
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donnatella Active Indicator LED Icon 13 Forum Moderator
~ 9 years ago   Jul 9, '14 10:46am  

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>> Naughty dirty boys are the first ones sacrificed when the Zombies invade.
@donnatella: You would get so lonely with them.
 
@WskyTngoFxtrt: Oh, you forget, I'm the Dom. I will always have a few pets stored away in safe keeping for my own personal needs. I'm very resourceful that way. Emoticon 4951
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ctl74 Active Indicator LED Icon 10 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Jul 9, '14 10:56am  
First thing, and maybe you omitted this simply because you already know the answer, but is he in any position at all to hire someone?  It's been my experience that even when our company hires senior managers there are still limitations either real or expected on them until they've proven they can do the job they were hired for and are a good fit.  From his perspective, he may also be in that feeling out process window where he's still deciding whether or not he made a good choice by joining the company he did.  The last thing you want is to leave your established position to join hands with him only to find out in 6 months that he hates it and moves again or is let go.I'm not saying to not reach out.  If it were me I'd definitely keep up with him, ask about the new gig, even drop a subtle hint about liking to work with him in the past and being interested if he finds that the company is to his liking and he has a need for your skills.  Staying on his radar would be a good thing but I'd be careful about a full-on approach until he's settled in and sure he's staying.FWIW, remote employee work is getting more and more common.  I've been work-from-home for almost a decade.  When I started I was blazing new trails for our company.  These days we hire talent where we find it.  If we can get them in an office then fine, if not they work remote.  It's not nearly as big a deal as it used to be.Just my 2 cents.  YMMV.
 
@shodan66: Thank you! This is all very helpful. And I like what you stated for a reach-out email - I plan to use that! I do plan to let him settle in over the next couple of weeks. I imagine he has no idea, outside of the overall goal, how things will transition for him with this position, but the goal is to stay on his radar at least! And, this is also very good to know with the remote trend. I know that it became big in our division 2 years ago, as it was a cost-saving move, but I wasn't sure how other companies are accepting it. Thank you, everyone, for all of your help!
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