Changing jobs before getting laid offMy husband is looking for a new job before he may be potentially laid off by his current employer in the next few weeks. He has been looking for more than four months now because he had heard rumblings a while ago that his current company's financial outlook was not too rosy and layoffs were imminent. He has gone through several interviews with perspective employers but most of them have a sticking point of why he's leaving his current employer. He never explicitly says his company is laying off but rather he's looking for growth and opportunity if he's pushed he will say the company is not doing well. With another interview, it was a sticking point with the manager that he was jumping ship because of the potential layoffs. It was as if he was saying my husband was not loyal. I just don't understand the double standard here. It's employment at will but heaven forbid that you choose to be proactive and look for another job rather than be unemployed. Is it really wrong to look for another job or is he better off biting the bullet and take the layoff? What worries us is that if he gets laid off it's going to take a long time before he gets another job. Our bills don't allow us to have only one income. I'd really appreciate some advice here. Thanks. Instead of saying he is looking for "growth and opportunity", your husband might try stating that "I have reached the point where there is no further room for me to advance at Mt. Vesuvius, Inc. (or whatever the company' s name might be).It might also be the industry that your husband works in. Some companies do consider it very close to "an act of treason" to bail out right before a takeover or possible layoff situation. He just gets the wrong vibes from those people and it is actually a good thing, since you don' t want to work with or for someone who regards you with disdain or impertinence from the get go.
How about giving it a really positive spin and, if he can find someone who works there to say something nice about it, talking about how he's heard good things about the new place! Or maybe about how there is something particular about the new place that is particularly appealing - better commute, etc. The more specific you can be with an employer about what you know about it or why you want to work there, the better! | |
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