Job Being Reclassified

[flyvice11787]

I'm a non-union manager of a supermarket chain that's in financial trouble, with a title of co-manager.
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[spence]

If you think you can get another job and don't have a financial liability (i.e. no cash and kids to feed) I might consider the severance.

If you have a family and this job provides health insurance that's another thing to consider as well.

My biggest concern would be if you take the safe route (i.e. stay) and they opt to push you out out at a later date anyway with less attractive terms. If the place looks to be going under they might fold with no severance, or get bought and the store closed.

Rule of thumb is that the first offer will be the best...

Some things to think about.

-spence

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by spence

My biggest concern would be if you take the safe route (i.e. stay) and they opt to push you out out at a later date anyway with less attractive terms. If the place looks to be going under they might fold with no severance, or get bought and the store closed.

Rule of thumb is that the first offer will be the best...

Some things to think about.

-spence

Bingo! A good friend is a store manager for a national paint company and this has happened to a few people in his company. The decided not to take the severance package and were terminated within 2 months due to job performance or some rarely enforced policy.

If you think you can secure a new job within a few months, I'd take the severance and try my best to get a new job quickly in order to double dip. A 23-week package is a pretty good offer.

[BigFish]

Take the severence, fish your ass off till the fall......find another job then! Its a blessing in disguise!

[gf2020]

Originally Posted by flyvice11787

I'm a non-union manager of a supermarket chain that's in financial trouble, with a title of co-manager.

Take the severance. That's a job not a career. Use the 23 weeks to find a better career path.

[Raven]

is to stay in the Job and begin searching "while you work"

it looks better on a resume (interview) to say your still working
and a job search "is" a full time job if done right
plus it takes resources like gas and maybe some new clothes
so stay polished....

secondly....you now have a perfect excuse to trade UP with a hiring company....
look at bio tech specifically

that and think of your management skills as what your selling
instead of staying (only) in that particular kind of business...

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by Raven

is to stay in the Job and begin searching "while you work"

it looks better on a resume (interview) to say your still working
and a job search "is" a full time job if done right
plus it takes resources like gas and maybe some new clothes
so stay polished....

secondly....you now have a perfect excuse to trade UP with a hiring company....
look at bio tech specifically

that and think of your management skills as what your selling
instead of staying (only) in that particular kind of business...

Great advice. Screw fishing - you need a job. You can still fish at night.

[buckman]

Originally Posted by Raven

is to stay in the Job and begin searching "while you work"

it looks better on a resume (interview) to say your still working
and a job search "is" a full time job if done right
plus it takes resources like gas and maybe some new clothes
so stay polished....

secondly....you now have a perfect excuse to trade UP with a hiring company....
look at bio tech specifically

that and think of your management skills as what your selling
instead of staying (only) in that particular kind of business...

Great advice here, however I'm with Spence and JD. Take the severance and start looking. It's hard interviewing while working and once they figure out what your doing your gone anyway. Good luck and I'm betting this will be a very good move for you.