This morning, 2 big shots from our head office came over and had a meeting with our Chief Operating Officer (COO) and my boss, the VP of Sales (VPS). They talked about budgets and forecasts. When they were in the meeting, our Sales Manager (SM) came up to me and told me that he is being made redundant. It didn’t come as a complete shock to me (sorry if that sounded bad) because he hadn’t been really pleased with how things are going with the company for months now. He did mention as well to me before he went on holidays a month ago that he might quit. And when he went on holidays, my boss told me that she isn’t sure if he would simply come back from holidays and just hand in his notice. Anyway, it did happen although the official notice is going to happen next week.
This brings me to think about my own job, too. True, my boss re-assured me after these all happenings today that I’m secured but it wasn’t that, that concerned me. See, I sort of agree with our SM’s reasons on how things are going on. So, it makes me think, am I just being sold out because I am finally in a job where I feel appreciated? Do I turn a blind eye with what’s going on and just do what I’m supposed to be doing? Should I also consider the fact that I haven’t been there for year so I should just probably stick it out? I also know that companies do have these kinds of moments and I do tend to hang around, wait and see if things do actually get better. That’s what I did with my last employers and I stayed for 7, almost 8 years!
Anyway, it was a sad day today at work. Our SM could have been instrumental in our US campaign with our new American sales guy. He still thinks that our product has a lot of potential but if not given the proper attention, including investing in its future, then we’ll just be where we are at 5 years from now. Sad, it is really sad. As for our SM, I’m sure he’ll be truly missed at work.
On the other hand, I’d be getting his laptop….with Centrino processor….hmmm….nice. Kidding!
To you, good luck!
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