Getting the old job back
Getting the old job back
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Hello
so everything is in the title...
Can you share your experience getting back the previous job.
Assume you have not burned any bridges. How this will be perceived ? will you loose credibility/face ? :)
What are your chances or what will play in your advantadge so that they will take you onboard again when your work was perceived positively when you were there?
Or is this just a (becoming multi-resistant) variant of the ''job hopping'' sickness ?
so everything is in the title...
Can you share your experience getting back the previous job.
Assume you have not burned any bridges. How this will be perceived ? will you loose credibility/face ? :)
What are your chances or what will play in your advantadge so that they will take you onboard again when your work was perceived positively when you were there?
Or is this just a (becoming multi-resistant) variant of the ''job hopping'' sickness ?





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" will you loose credibility/face ?"
No, they were glad to have me, and I was glad to be back. I don't know about losing face, but I have never been overly concerned about such silliness, and I'm not really sure why it would apply.
"What are your chances or what will play in your advantage so that they will take you on board again when your work was perceived positively when you were there?"
You are a known quantity. If you were regarded positively by all those around and above you then there shouldn't be an issue. As it happens one very senior guy was less than enthusiastic about my return, but the ones who had more direct experience of me talked him into it.
The horrible truth is that it is no longer a question of whether you are good technically, it is entirely a case of whether the remaining people at that company want you back at a personal level. They didn't even interview me, the whole thing took two phone calls.
Cheers
Greg Locock
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Credibility is only an issue if you left because, "This place is POS," or "It'll be a cold day in hell if I ever work here again," etc. The obvious perception might be that you have no principles and are just a money-grubbing prostitute.
If you left because it was a great opportunity that turned out to be less than advertised, I think you'd get a sympathy vote.
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It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
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If they came to you first then at last you have one person on your side! I agree with Greg that they would not call if they new it would not work with the team! Or it's because the boss doesn't care, I don't know.
Patrick
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I had no problem whatsoever except for a fellow coworker that was an ***hole. She loudly told me in front of everybody: "Were you so desperate to get back?" to which I replied also publicly "I left when I wanted and got back when I wanted. That's much better than whining constantly about your job all the time and not doing anything about it". I didn't get a single additional comment from her again and things ran smoothly since for 5 more years until I decided to take a new job.
I think that the main point is that you lose credibility only if your job is done poorly or if you stick with a job that you don't like and whine all the time about it. Oh, and don't take *h*t from anyone that tries to humiliate you.
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Learned a lot while I was gone.
Came back to a new building, some old faces, same position, about 25% more pay.
So far working out good.
Chris
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The companies were in very different fields (architectural glazing vs physical security). I couldn't make up my mind which I preferred more, so bounced (2 years, 7 years, 4 years, 4 years) between the two. Ended up chosing the physical security to eliminate the 1 hour commute. Finally quit the physical security because I could see the company's days were numbered after being bought out by a Swedish competitor.
Had a big boost to the ego when, a few months later, the president of the security company asked me back as Engineering Manager with a substantial salary increase. I made the gut wrenching decision to decline because I had seen the writing on the wall. The company closed just over a year later.
If you are in need of a job, go for it. There is no shame attached to "going back" ... especially if the terms are more favourable.
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'Cause a 3% cost of living raise every year over 8 years will net you a 27% raise... so if it's the latter, you've only kept up with inflation. If it's the former, well, congratulations :)
Dan - Owner
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25% more than when I left this one. Only approx. 1% more than previous.
I left because projects were dwindling, and other reasons.
Chris
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