Great subject! There are millions of people in the “wrong” job. As a former sales manager I had to hire, train and mentor to my sales teams. Quite often I found myself saying “If you’re not “having fun” in your job then why do it? If it has lost the “fun factor” then it’s time to move on. Even worse, if it is causing you stress and an uneasy tummy, then it’s even more urgent you move on. As a sales manager I preferred it when my sales rep would confide in me about not “having fun” in the job and we would agree that the time to move on was here. When the subordinate confided in me about leaving the company it would cause two things to happen. First, I would be more lenient with that person in terms of allowing them time to find another position, than say I would about someone who didn’t explain their poor performance. (often in sales poor performance accompanies dislike for the job) Secondly it gave me more time to plan for the replacement…so the position was being covered all throughout the advertising, interviewing and hiring phase with overlapping in cases where it made sense to do so. People hang on to their “unhappy” jobs because they fear they won’t replace their income in a new job or they fear the change or the unknown. (the devil you know is better than the one you don’t) Fortunately most of my sales teams who moved on found their situation improved on a variety of fronts. Sometimes that included less pay but more happiness!
“Change is inevitable – except from a vending machine. ~Robert C. Gallagher”
Great subject! There are millions of people in the “wrong” job. As a former sales manager I had to hire, train and mentor to my sales teams. Quite often I found myself saying “If you’re not “having fun” in your job then why do it? If it has lost the “fun factor” then it’s time to move on. Even worse, if it is causing you stress and an uneasy tummy, then it’s even more urgent you move on. As a sales manager I preferred it when my sales rep would confide in me about not “having fun” in the job and we would agree that the time to move on was here. When the subordinate confided in me about leaving the company it would cause two things to happen. First, I would be more lenient with that person in terms of allowing them time to find another position, than say I would about someone who didn’t explain their poor performance. (often in sales poor performance accompanies dislike for the job) Secondly it gave me more time to plan for the replacement…so the position was being covered all throughout the advertising, interviewing and hiring phase with overlapping in cases where it made sense to do so. People hang on to their “unhappy” jobs because they fear they won’t replace their income in a new job or they fear the change or the unknown. (the devil you know is better than the one you don’t) Fortunately most of my sales teams who moved on found their situation improved on a variety of fronts. Sometimes that included less pay but more happiness!
“Change is inevitable – except from a vending machine. ~Robert C. Gallagher”
Ken
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