Flieger
Recycles dryer sheets
- Joined
- May 27, 2023
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Well, the old adage of "best laid plans....", or maybe "don't jump from the pan to the fire" may hold true for me here.
BACKGROUND
Been in Operations Management/Leadership in a very demanding (24/7) industry for 25 years or so. Almost all of those in 2 companies, so not a frequent "job hopper" with last company 14 years). In January of this year I had a chance to move to a "less stressful" industry (1 shift operation, normally) which involved relocation and start-up of a factory from West Coast to East Coast. I know/knew the start-up would have stress, have done this (relocating production) many times, but my thinking was that after this initial period it would be much easier for my last 2-3 years of working. A lot to get into, but in a nutshell, I was brought in late, and the planning for this effort was extremely poor, resulting in A LOT of issues and problems outside of my control. In addition, executive leadership did poor due diligence, thinking they would be able to significantly reduce labor costs, and this resulted in major turnover issues at the worst time (training of new personnel on (somewhat) complex manufacturing processes. Making this story even shorter, the pressure was significantly higher, and my dissatisfaction with the situation I was in was more than I had planned. After discussions, decision was made for me and this new company to part ways. Before getting lectures, I definitely should have done more investigation of the situation, but this company is not a small one so I "assumed" competence in the planning....
SITUATION
So, not I am unemployed earlier than planned. We did agree on a small severance (3 months pay, 3 months active employee cost to COBRA, still get my 1/2 Year bonus (unsure what that will be considering the companies "issues", but....). My biggest quandary now is health insurance. Almost all of my savings a pre-tax so will show as income taking me out of ACA subsidy levels. I might could get one year of subsidy using almost all of my after tax brokerage... Oh, 62 early next year so 3 years to medicare.
I have decided I no longer want to be in Operations Management (leadership and responsibility for direct production operations), but this has been my life. Now trying to figure out if I can parlay my experience in to something else (consulting? recruiting?, etc). Even if I were to make 70-75% of what I was making before but have access to insurance, I think that would relieve what is now a different, but very significant stress!
Not really looking for an answer to my situation here, but it just feels good to type it out! I'm thinking and trying to work out next steps and anyone who cares to see how this goes, just follow along. Thanks for reading. Words of encouragement appreciated.
Flieger
BACKGROUND
Been in Operations Management/Leadership in a very demanding (24/7) industry for 25 years or so. Almost all of those in 2 companies, so not a frequent "job hopper" with last company 14 years). In January of this year I had a chance to move to a "less stressful" industry (1 shift operation, normally) which involved relocation and start-up of a factory from West Coast to East Coast. I know/knew the start-up would have stress, have done this (relocating production) many times, but my thinking was that after this initial period it would be much easier for my last 2-3 years of working. A lot to get into, but in a nutshell, I was brought in late, and the planning for this effort was extremely poor, resulting in A LOT of issues and problems outside of my control. In addition, executive leadership did poor due diligence, thinking they would be able to significantly reduce labor costs, and this resulted in major turnover issues at the worst time (training of new personnel on (somewhat) complex manufacturing processes. Making this story even shorter, the pressure was significantly higher, and my dissatisfaction with the situation I was in was more than I had planned. After discussions, decision was made for me and this new company to part ways. Before getting lectures, I definitely should have done more investigation of the situation, but this company is not a small one so I "assumed" competence in the planning....
SITUATION
So, not I am unemployed earlier than planned. We did agree on a small severance (3 months pay, 3 months active employee cost to COBRA, still get my 1/2 Year bonus (unsure what that will be considering the companies "issues", but....). My biggest quandary now is health insurance. Almost all of my savings a pre-tax so will show as income taking me out of ACA subsidy levels. I might could get one year of subsidy using almost all of my after tax brokerage... Oh, 62 early next year so 3 years to medicare.
I have decided I no longer want to be in Operations Management (leadership and responsibility for direct production operations), but this has been my life. Now trying to figure out if I can parlay my experience in to something else (consulting? recruiting?, etc). Even if I were to make 70-75% of what I was making before but have access to insurance, I think that would relieve what is now a different, but very significant stress!
Not really looking for an answer to my situation here, but it just feels good to type it out! I'm thinking and trying to work out next steps and anyone who cares to see how this goes, just follow along. Thanks for reading. Words of encouragement appreciated.
Flieger