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When company experience becomes a flaw
With mergers, acquisitions, major executive team changes, having a few years under your belt and being a loyal employee can put you in a undesirable situation. Often times, there is an idea that bringing in all new blood and/or friends of the new management will somehow elevate the company and greatly improve it.
What are you to do if you've been with the company for 5, 10 years and you love your job and the industry? It's difficult to continue to give a job 100% when you are suddenly the person who is not asked to join meetings or considered "less than" when you have the skills, history and experience. It's especially hard when you get a new supervisor who is not even from your industry.
This seems to be a cycle that many companies go through. How long is too long at one particular company?
Anonymous
09/13/20 at 10:15AM UTC
No experience is ever a flaw because one gains and grows likely more in a challenging environment than an easy one. Was 22 years at one employer which terminating my employment due to reorganization turned out to be the best thing that happened. It got me out of my comfort zone which ended up being a 1200 mile move. Still in progress yet I found my strength and some wisdom that I didn’t know I had. It hasn’t been easy but it’s been better.
Anonymous
09/13/20 at 2:02AM UTC
For me 20 years was enough. I would have stayed longer (I also loved my job, the people I worked with -and they loved me), but a merger put a co-worker of mine in charge who bullied me and demoted me under a good-old-boy he brought in (who had no experience in this job function - just the "friendly face"), and then two more levels of good old boys came in... Awful. I spent a couple years working to resolve the situation, and had some success but not enough. So...
ENOUGH.
Rakshan Syed
Digital Technologies - Leadership and Management
56
09/13/20 at 12:04AM UTC
I think sometimes pre-conceived notions or subconscious bias within the veterans towards new leaders make them see things indifferently making it hard to open up to accept change being brought from outsiders, I would encourage you to give time to accept change with benefit of doubt that their abilities and intent are good. May be they have better abilities and best intent but you at not able to embrace it due to your subconscious bias, you may have developed a conflict with the mind set that you deserve better or more as you have been with the company longer. I have myself been thru a lot of change in the last 20 years Working at the same company, with recent trend of hiring new leaders from outside. For me it has been a positive experience, I have seen new leaders come on board and make a difference with their out of the box thinking, It works if you give them the opportunity to prove themselves, all you have to do is enable teamwork, and understand if you bring your best abilities to the table they can’t ignore you. Key is to not compete with them neither should you be Intimidated by them. I think once you embrace them you will be more innovative and complementary which helps you become visible and grow as well.
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