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Dear AAPAAN<\/em><\/p>\n

What was one of the most difficult choices you’ve had to make in your career?<\/em><\/p>\n

Anonymous<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dear Anonymous<\/p>\n

On reflection, there were two situations which presented difficult choices for me.\u00a0 One was when my company was bought by another and I was faced with the decision to stay or take a severance package and leave.\u00a0 The other was when I was offered an international assignment which meant uprooting my family.\u00a0 I\u2019ll talk about the first here. Another AAPAAN panelist talked about her International assignment decision in our Oct 2017<\/a> Dear AAPAAN.<\/p>\n

My company \u201cmerged\u201d with a direct competitor in the same industry when I was middle age.\u00a0 Though it was depicted as a \u201cmerger\u201d, it was clear to insiders that my company was bought. This meant that the culture of the buying company will dominate.\u00a0 It also meant that employees of the buying company might have an inside track on promotions and future top job openings.<\/p>\n

The buying company offered a very generous severance for some employees of the bought company, but only under very specific conditions.\u00a0 Fortunately, I met the conditions.\u00a0 Should I take the money and run or should I stick around and hope for the best?<\/p>\n

If I stayed, what would be the prospects?\u00a0 Since I would be starting out with a new organization, deciding to stay would be like interviewing to join a new employer.\u00a0 I wrote about studying a prospective new employer in prior Dear AAPAAN\u2019s.\u00a0 Check out our entries for June 2018<\/a> and Feb 2019<\/a>. Beyond looking at the overall prospects for the new company, I needed to consider the company\u2019s corporate culture and whether it matched my strengths and preferences.\u00a0 For example, how do they make decisions, and how do they measure\/compensate for good performances.\u00a0 One key for me was that I have a very disciplined and analytical approach to evaluating business alternatives and making decisions.\u00a0 It was that engineering training!\u00a0 Did that run counter to how the new company operated?\u00a0 Another key was how do they treat minorities?\u00a0 Lastly, what job did they offer me in the new organization?\u00a0 Did the job make sense in my career progression, or did the job feel like a place holder?\u00a0 It was an early clue on how you are regarded.<\/p>\n

If I took the severance money, what would be my employment alternatives?\u00a0 At middle age and as a middle manager, it would be difficult starting fresh in a new industry without losing a lot of pay.\u00a0 My best alternative would be working in the same or allied industry so I could leverage my experience and accumulated expertise. Going to another company, I would have to create a new professional network as such networks are crucial for career development.\u00a0 (On the other hand, I would have to rebuild my network in the new organization too.) \u00a0The overall job market was fairly good at the time so doing a fresh job search would not seem too risky.\u00a0 However, the market felt it might have peaked.\u00a0 If so, a new hire in a new company might be at a greater risk of being let go if the industry turned south.<\/p>\n

While I was extremely tempted to take the money and start over, I decided to stay.\u00a0 Actually, I brought my spouse into the decision as leaving or staying impacted her mightily.\u00a0 I was offered a good position in the new company.\u00a0 My career continued its upward trajectory and concluded satisfyingly on into retirement.\u00a0 In hindsight, it was the right decision as I had no regrets. Of course, I do not know whether I would have been better or worse off if I had left.\u00a0 That\u2019s life.\u00a0 Make a decision and move on.<\/p>\n

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Wee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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