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I can haz new job!
I officially signed the contract today for a new position. Basically, the same title, for slightly more money, at a smaller organization. They've been around for about 10 years and were doing reasonably well, but they're trying to pivot into a bigger space and scrounged up the funding (from investors I've heard well of) to do it. They had a VP of marketing who's leaving and a marketing manager who's going on maternity leave; now they're getting a shiny new CMO and me. And we've got the budget to hire half a dozen people, and completely rebuild the marketing stack, and we're going to rename and rebrand the company completely. Basically, I'm getting in at the ground floor for rebuilding the marketing for an established company, into something that makes more sense than my current company, under a guy I so far like and respect. Fingers crossed, but I'm tentatively optimistic.
When I started at my current place six years ago, I loved this job. And I loved it for three years. The last three years...not so much. There was a rough year of failing to get some big initiatives through, and being frustrated with management. I interviewed a little, but realized during the interviews that I wanted to have tried some techniques and needed some experiences and convinced my boss to let me try. Well...I tried, and that completely fell apart due to institutional inertia, a dire lack of resources, more inconsistent decision making higher up, and the Conference from Hell. Then there was the Conference from Hell. But we were hiring all these people, and after the Conference from Hell, things were going to be different! They weren't. Also, pandemic. So I finally decided, despite a number of Exciting! New! Developments! that I was tired of three years of "it'll all be different and better when..." and I'm getting the hell out of Dodge.
And I've still got really mixed feelings, partially because of Exciting! New! Developments, partially because I really do like a lot of my coworkers a lot, partially because Stockholm Syndrome.
Things that are entertaining:
- My current/old boss actually knows my CEO and likes him a lot, and lives like one town over. They tried to recruit her for my new boss's position, but she didn't want to leave at all at the time and so refused to hear them out.
- They've already come to the reluctant realization that they can't actually replace me with one person. My job is getting split out between one senior person and TWO new positions. Gee. If you'd gotten me the help I'd asked for two years ago, maybe we wouldn't be here.
I officially signed the contract today for a new position. Basically, the same title, for slightly more money, at a smaller organization. They've been around for about 10 years and were doing reasonably well, but they're trying to pivot into a bigger space and scrounged up the funding (from investors I've heard well of) to do it. They had a VP of marketing who's leaving and a marketing manager who's going on maternity leave; now they're getting a shiny new CMO and me. And we've got the budget to hire half a dozen people, and completely rebuild the marketing stack, and we're going to rename and rebrand the company completely. Basically, I'm getting in at the ground floor for rebuilding the marketing for an established company, into something that makes more sense than my current company, under a guy I so far like and respect. Fingers crossed, but I'm tentatively optimistic.
When I started at my current place six years ago, I loved this job. And I loved it for three years. The last three years...not so much. There was a rough year of failing to get some big initiatives through, and being frustrated with management. I interviewed a little, but realized during the interviews that I wanted to have tried some techniques and needed some experiences and convinced my boss to let me try. Well...I tried, and that completely fell apart due to institutional inertia, a dire lack of resources, more inconsistent decision making higher up, and the Conference from Hell. Then there was the Conference from Hell. But we were hiring all these people, and after the Conference from Hell, things were going to be different! They weren't. Also, pandemic. So I finally decided, despite a number of Exciting! New! Developments! that I was tired of three years of "it'll all be different and better when..." and I'm getting the hell out of Dodge.
And I've still got really mixed feelings, partially because of Exciting! New! Developments, partially because I really do like a lot of my coworkers a lot, partially because Stockholm Syndrome.
Things that are entertaining:
- My current/old boss actually knows my CEO and likes him a lot, and lives like one town over. They tried to recruit her for my new boss's position, but she didn't want to leave at all at the time and so refused to hear them out.
- They've already come to the reluctant realization that they can't actually replace me with one person. My job is getting split out between one senior person and TWO new positions. Gee. If you'd gotten me the help I'd asked for two years ago, maybe we wouldn't be here.
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Date: 2021-03-09 04:11 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2021-03-10 05:02 am (UTC)From:Good luck in the new job—-for your sake I hope there are fewer ridiculous situations, though as a reader of your blog, I'll enjoy any that you do write about. Win, win, right?
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Date: 2021-03-10 08:31 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2021-03-10 08:10 pm (UTC)From:Also, I'm with vshnayder - you're totally three people. :) You shouldn't have to use all three at the same time though, like you were doing.
Big hugs and lots of positive energy headed your way for the new gig!
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Date: 2021-03-11 10:56 pm (UTC)From: