How much in advance do they know layoffs are coming and who will be affected? My manager, who is one of the good guys, has been encouraging me not so subtly to consider my options the whole last week. I can't figure out what prompted that. Could my time be up soon and he's giving me a heads up?
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Low rent click bait
Without exception, every manager that suggested I explore my options was also exploring theirs.
Managers are normally engaged early on and assist in designing the org and selecting people for job. Listen to your boss!
@1rnz, I would like to respectfully disagree with you, I know d1kk. I know YOU, LMAO!!!!!
Fake news. Middle managers don’t know d1kk about much. In fact most of them are d1kks and they find out news like this not much sooner than the rest of everyone else.
@OP Refine your resume and start applying elsewhere if you haven’t already.
OP,
Did your manager provide any indication of what options you should be considering? Typically at some point in a process a slate of options are presented from which you can decide from. Even then it may not happened like that, and you might be in one of those situations where they move you to a role they know you're going to hate and your options may be to either quit, or stick it out.
I've been there and done that before, and am still with the company. I've also found that some roles I've been forced into turn out to be way more enjoyable, and less stressful than the ones I previously occupied. I've had some dark days after a few managed moves, and it took some time to work through it all. For starters I found myself angry over not being consulted beforehand, and angry that I had so little control over my own career direction. In one case I quickly got over it after discovering that my new TL was a likable human being and the job was not that bad. In another instance I pushed back hard and PDC'd out in the spring to a new role which I ended up detesting like no other. Yeah, I took control and fought for what I believed I wanted, but ended up being miserable in the end.
I think there was a time at Chevron where you could neglect your external resume, but I strongly feel that's no longer the case. I'd recommend that you should always know what your worth, and never lose track of what is out there.
Every time this happened to me, it was a sign. The writing is on the wall. Start looking to shift internally and/or externally.
how long have you been in your current role?
if more than 3 years, then its time they rotate you out
Maybe it is something he heard in PDC. Could be your career is going nowhere and he was trying to hint that you may be better off looking elsewhere.
Really depends on the manager and how clued in they are. Just ask then why they are telling you that.