Hi there. I’ve been on this board for several years, but only occasionally post. I wasn’t sure where to put this post, so if this is the wrong place for it and needs to be moved somewhere else, I apologize.
I need a new job. Badly.
I’ve been with my current company for a couple of years. It’s a very small local company. Things started off fine, but earlier this year, ownership began rolling out changes that had a negative financial impact on me.
I’m in a revenue generation type role, so driving results is absolutely key to survival. Problem is - things have been soft financially since early this year and sales have really dried up in the industries I serve. I’m seeing lots of Fortune 500 companies slashing budgets, doing rounds of layoffs, and tightening the belt fiscally, only focusing on the most tactical things possible and trying to do more with their internal staff (rather than hiring from the outside from companies like this one).
At this point, I’ve probably got about two months of runway at the company before things go belly-up. If I’m being honest, it’s a horrible place to work and I’ve lost so much sleep over my job since the beginning of the year. As much as I’ve tried not to let it get to me, it’s dashed my confidence in a big way.
I’ve been looking around within my own network and applying for various job postings online since the beginning of the year - have had a couple of interviews based on my own personal network, but nothing has come through yet. (I’m also convinced that many of the jobs posted online aren’t real. Suspect that many companies are just proactively filling their recruitment pipelines to prepare for whenever the job market starts to bounce back.)
If you’re the praying sort, please pray for me and my family. This recent experience has really crushed my sense of self-worth, as much as I’m trying not to let it get to me. Pray that I find a new role with the right company where I can support my family, flourish professionally, and bless/help others wherever I can along the way.
TLDR: I’m in a really crummy work situation and trying to find a new job. Current employer is asshoe. Please pray for me and my family - that I find a new job with a company and management team that’s a better fit for me.
Thank you, frens. Really appreciate all this board does and what it represents.
Edit: Oh man! Didn’t realize this post had been elevated. Mods, thank you so much for the sticky!
I hear you fren - I know the revenue generation game very well and it is getting very scary out there. Mine currently is a "nice to have" industry. Our territory is not too bad, but definitely slow. Others are getting only a couple of appointments per week. You can't live on that. I interviewed when a recruiter reached out to me recently in my old industry (financial services) but it is quite interesting how everyone wants you to bring a book - no organic growth at all. I blame private equity which is pervasive in many sectors now. It's all about rhe EBITDA. Customers are a distant second and employees are waaay down the list.
And the false job postings- oh yeah. And internal hires do get preference. Which I get, but after awhile, it is a little soul sucking to repeatedly get to the final round and it fizzles out. I stopped telling people that I was interviewing. (I was out 18 months before I landed my current gig.)
Praying for you and your family.. Hang in there!
Oh, absolutely! I’ve seen first hand at another company how private equity can screw over a company.
I used to work in financial services (around 6-7 years ago). Shifted industries around the time Trump’s administration was forming up — which was a great time to pivot industries and try something different.
I’ve had customers at F500 firms tell me within this month, “We’re not allowed to take on any new or strategic initiatives on account of the election being so close.” Seems like a lot of big companies are taking the wait and see approach as November draws nearer.