Back when I was in consulting, I interviewed for a COO job at a major academic medical center. I had been the lead of a major consolidation project with their for profit competitor for the last year. The chief of staff who was my project sponsor defected over to the academic medical center and recommended me for the position. After about the worst 15 minute Q&A of my life with the health system ceo, the chairman of the board and the chancellor of the affiliated university, I thanked them all for the time they had already invested but that I wouldn’t waste any more of it. I shook their hands and left.
Good question. I’m a senior director now. I work in higher education, primarily in a pretty niche area. I’ve had other leadership roles in recent years, all in my content area. That area is pretty small nationwide relatively speaking, so I have a lot of contacts nationwide. This ceo role is for a 501c3 in that area. I thought when I was encouraged to apply that I wasn’t really ready, but I thought that may have been imposter syndrome somewhat. I think it was a combination of me not being ready and the org and me not being a good fit.
cool. thanks for answering. always interesting to learn about other industries and career progression a little better I generally think going through any interview process is good bc now you’ve got one under your belt whether it went well or not
I've never worked somewhere where the team didn't want to have drinks/dinner with their co-workers. I guess I've been lucky.
My supervisor called me in to his office yesterday and asked why I hadn't applied for the open analyst position, which I had applied for in the past. I told him I was making pretty good money right now on OT and I thought the analyst position was way too much work for one person. He agreed that it was setting someone up for failure BUT that they are splitting it in to 2 positions. So it looks like I'm applying for the job now.
Startup I'm currently at isn't looking like it will make it much further unless the boss finds an angel. Been there since May. 2 month runway left. Pretty bummed. I liked the team and what we were doing or trying to do. There are similar startups doing the same thing. One has a position I will hit up this weekend once the resume is updated.
so, follow-up to this from about a year ago: i applied but did not get the promotion and was told at the time that i have 6-12 months of development to go before i'm ready for the director role. i really worked hard last year despite the team losing half of its people (though like 10% of its capacity heyo) by september when we conducted '23 budgets (our busiest time). thought i had a really strong year. unfortunately, the company hired a director (for the role i was gunning for) in january. the guy has a ton of experience but i'm quite unimpressed ~6 weeks in. i had an outstanding performance review (literally 6/6 overall and 5/6 or 6/6 in all but one category), received a ~6%+ raise (above standard), and a really nice bonus (again, above standard). so i'm completely stagnating career/resume-wise but have simultaneously been recognized and (in some respects) compensated for my performance. very frustrating -- the dissonance between performance review and lack of promotion especially! i talk to a recruiter i worked with 1-2 years ago on Friday and i've started updating my resume and looking at jobs on linkedin. but i'm fairly highly compensated so finding an equivalent role with a pay raise would be tough, particularly in Portland (pretty sure Nike would pay less, for example). the job market isnt horrible but the layoffs (feels especially large out west) mean that things aren't super easy. and a part of me kind of just wants to cruise this year, focus on myself and getting physically healthy again, and not work all that hard.
We're going to a 4-day work week starting mid-May into mid-August. Cannot wait to have 3-day weekends all summer
Jealous, my company has a requirement that you have to take four fridays off not a part of PTO between Memorial Day and Labor Day but not every week.
Last day at my job today. Start my new one on Monday. Only been there three years, but it feels weird. My boss sent me a text during a meeting on Tuesday (two days before my last day) asking me if I would stay with a promotion and to name my price on what it would take to keep me. I don’t think he has that authority but he got scared during the meeting and sent the text. I said no, even though I only got about a 4% bump with the new job. Enjoying some unemployed bourbon tonight.
This is exactly what I’m dealing with. Went to a smaller firm that doesn’t know what they’re doing so I’m basically building their processes out between playing PS5 and hitting a row machine I just bought. Highly recommended.
First position has been filled. Hopefully hear about the second one soon. Not to sound cocky but out of everyone I know that interviewed I am the most qualified, and several coworkers have told me they would be surprised if it isn't me. If I don't get it I will probably ramp up looking for a new job, more than I am now.
Should do a rotation of 4-day weekends and two-day weekends. M-Th, Tu-F, M-Th, Tu-F, and repeat. Unless your entire office is going to be open 4 days a week. We're going to 4 10-hour days instead of 5 8hour-days but will be open 5 days a week. So the people that opted into the 10-hour days will do that rotation.
Do we have any folks that are public information officers or in a PR-related field here? I have an interview in North Carolina next Thursday, and I'm trying to organize my thoughts about a subject they want me to do.
spending my days throwing applications into the USAJobs black hole. up to 18 in the last two weeks. Think i've done around 75 across my whole life without a single interview.
Oh wait I think it was dukebuckeye my bad Idk some Ohio State person is a recruiter and was always giving good advice in here
When the new house is done and I’ll finally have a dedicated home office I’m going to work from there two days a week and try and be present in my office the other three but man it’s going to be hard.
Took a new job a little over 6 months ago, which I posted about in here. Only second place I’ve worked post-college so it’s been a bit of a shock. I’m starting to somewhat regret it. Hoping it’s a short-term feeling as I’m still in a learning stage but I’m starting to have some concerns. Onboarding has been a little rough. Mostly the training is through doing the job, it was a slow start just given the timing of my start and the workflow. Now that I’ve been able to actually start doing my own work, I’m running into issues because I’m told multiple answers/processes and have no idea what’s actually correct. I’ll try to look through internal procedure guides and there’s 100s of them, basically each task has its own, so stuff is impossible to track down (my previous job just had like a 300 page PDF I could search through). Admittedly, I stress myself out when it comes to doing stuff right and not looking like an idiot so this hasn’t been ideal. I’m 100% fine with being resourceful and figuring it out myself, but I don’t know if the resources exist. On top of that, I got a new boss a couple months after I got hired and I can’t really get a read on him (neither can the others). So that doesn’t help, because a lot of times an answer I’m given is based on how the previous manager did stuff. Overall, the job itself was less stressful and I get paid much more so that’s a plus. But the last few weeks I’m just constantly stressed out because I have zero confidence in whatever I was just told to do actually being correct. Hoping it’s something I get past soon, and I look back and laugh about, but it’s definitely a shitty feeling at times when I’m willing to grind/teach myself a completely new industry but feel like I can’t even get off the ground because of the stuff outlined above. Sorry for the rant, didn’t know where else to put it. Figured maybe someone else had a similar situation in a time they changed jobs.
What type of roles are you applying for? Competitive service roles will almost always get blocked by veterans. If you’re an attorney though, you’ve got a shot.
Yeah, I actually have a monthly “check in” type meeting coming up next week so I’m trying to decide how to approach it. I don’t want to throw myself under the bus, or my co-workers but I might tell him the “resources” seem to be lacking. For example, I got assigned a new account, started from scratch and turned it around in like 3 days (apparently 6-7 is typical). Sent it over to a couple co-workers who volunteered to review it before submitting, submit it and got everything signed off by my manager. Today, I get an email that one item was missing, and it was like no one had ever heard of this missing item being necessary.
Accepted a new job in late November. During the negotiations I told them the salary was lower than I was willing to jump ship for. Director of HR and the individual that was going to be my boss (CFO) agreed that I would be eligible for a pro-rated bonus as well as the merit based increase (6%) in March 2023. Along with the other compensation items, this worked for me. It was put in my offer letter that I was eligible for the merit based increase at my manager's discretion (my soon to be manager had already signed off on it so no issue there). From the time I accepted the position, to the time I started, I was given a new boss. Ok, not a big deal. We have had numerous conversations and he is fine. Doesn't know much about legal related items, but mostly stays out of it unless he has a question or two. However, my paycheck in March comes and it is the same amount as before. I ask the Director of HR and she says that it was likely a mistake since it is done based on when someone is hired on whether they are eligible or not (my November hire date would have made me not eligible). She says that she will discuss it with payroll and our boss (we share the same boss). Well apparently my new boss decided that he didn't feel the merit based increase was warranted and told the Director of HR as much. No real reason given, just that he didn't think I should get it. Mind you, he couldn't even tell me, he had the Director of HR tell me. Now I have a meeting scheduled with him next week (he is on vacation this week) to discuss the matter. I am pretty pissed and will point out that I have concerns with my company if I am not able to trust that the company will fulfill the promises it makes. Mind you, I am the ONLY legal counsel for the entire US so if I were to leave they will spend much more than my 6% is worth on outside counsel expenses while searching for a new counsel. /ranting /venting
Best flip that LinkedIn to "Open for Opportunities" and tell them to fuck off. They've already fucked you over once, they'll continue to do it. I had a similar issue I said I wanted 4 weeks vacation. It was in my offer letter, then they claimed to say that was only for year 1. Year 2 at this firm was 5 days . I also had a Bonus in my offer letter. Every year for 4 years I had to scratch claw & fight to get it. Every year it was "awarded" later and later. I finally left in July with that amount still outstanding. They scrambled to try and finally award it. Companies suck. Fuck all of them, srs
I'm going to have the conversation with him and see how that goes. Depending on that, I will start being active in my search because that is unacceptable to me. The crazy thing is that it isn't a ton of money. I don't understand why he would say "no" and alienate/piss off one of his five direct reports. EDIT: I should say, he also decided the Director of HR, who fought and clawed for the 6% merit increase for the company, should not get the merit based increase. So, in reality, he is pissing off two of his five direct reports over chump change to the company.
Sounds like your new boss is an asshole. He guarding a P&L? Did he get an increase (I'm sure he did). Also, did you get any review for '23?
Sending Ts and Ps that something horrible happens to your boss CoastalOrange The only reason I can think of bosses doing this is its like a Michael Scott situation where he could get like a 2% bonus if he fucks over enough people getting their 6% raise. Or they are just shit humans.
Honestly I have no idea. He is based in Mexico so I've only had so much interaction with him in my few months here. Though in that interaction he has seemed pretty solid. Which is why I am a bit lost with this situation as it seems to go against the grain, per se, with my experiences with him so far. We did a "review" of 2022, but it really was nothing since I had only worked for 1.5 months at the end of the year. We did set goals for this coming year, and now I am really concerned with a couple of them because they are unreachable (ie. cut outside counsel spend by X%, which is difficult considering I can't stop people suing us and we are in California, which is a HR nightmare for business. Plus, I'm not licensed in California). Going to do my best to have be calm and collected in our conversation next week. I am fine with getting the raise at the 6 month mark if that works (which would be middle of May), but to just say "no" is not something I will accept and if that is the final answer, I will start job searching as soon as the call ends.
Looking at a possible career change. I have been a football coach since college. I am now 35. I am tired of 90 hr work weeks and not getting value in terms of salary etc. I do have a MBA. Do companies/businesses want a guy that’s analytical, has lead and coordinated players/coaches, and has had to make decisions in high pressure situations attractive in the business world but no experience in business if that makes sense. I would think there’s a lot of crossover in characteristics but experience in the businesses sense I don’t have.
My experience is unique as well and I've found it's like 90% throw out the resume and 10% are very impressed. Thankfully you only need one job but it'll be a process