Changing jobs after 20 yearsI would like to get some feedback and opinions on my move to a new company after 20 years at my present company. My present company is going into a joint venture with a new company, I am very unsure of the future of this new venture. I thought it might be a good idea to start looking around, I was pleasantly surprised at the response I got from my resume that I posted here on Monster. A couple of things I wanted in my new position I was looking for would be to work no more shift work and work in a lab. I was contacted by a company and was offered the money I needed, no shift work and a job in the research and development department. Everything I wanted seemed to be offered so I have decided to take the offer. Needless to say I am nervous leaving my present company but have a gut feeling this is a positive move. By the way other employees have been looking around, but so far I have been the only one who has found something suitable to make a change. Any opinions, ideas or feedback would be greatly appreciated. It' s normal to feel nervous about starting a new job. There are so many new things to learn, you have to meet new people and start new relationships. Figure out a new set of office politics. Change is difficult no matter what the situation is, even when it is a positive move. Be yourself and you will do absolutely terrific. And remember, even if you hate the people, you only have to work with them. You don' t have to go to the newest nightclub every Friday and Saturday night. As long as you all can get along in the office and support each other for the sake of the company and mutual moral support, it will all work out in the end. If you have a 401K or retirement contribution plan through your previous employer, DON' T TOUCH IT!!!!! After a few weeks, look into rollover options either with your new employer or with your bank of choice. If you see conflict between office members, DON' T JUMP IN THE MIDDLE OF IT!!!!!! Even if they ask you. Picking sides when you are just starting out in a job is a bad thing to do. If you see conflict between project team members, don' t get involved unless it involves the quality of the work needed to finish your own tasks. Even then, don' t go directly to either of them because it will just create more friction. Privately discuss this with the team leader, who probably already knows, and find ways to resolve the conflict. Thank"s for your positive response, Most everybody even the people I work with now are very positive. I have had about 99% of everybody that is close to me friends and family and now someone that I don' t know, talk about the move in a positive way. I was thinking about how many more years I have left to work and thought that moving into more of a professional type of position and only being able to do one job as opposed to many things in my current job. My current job requires many physical and lots of computer skills for the manufacturing plant that I run. I am counting on being able to do a great job for the new company by being able to concentrate on doing one job. I' m still nervous about making the move, but the future of my present company might only be good for a few more years at best. Sorry if this sounds dumb, but what exactly is your question? Is it how to adjust to a new environment, how to leave your current position gracefully, or whether you should take the new job or not? God job being proactive...it' s hard to leave a place you seem to like, but it' s true that things can really degrade when there is a change in ownership! | |
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