[BC] Poor choices

[Barry Mishkind]

At 01:21 AM 5/21/2005, Jerry Mathis wrote
>3. When you sense the relationship is broken, start looking right then for 
>other employment. If you find it before the manager finds another 
>Engineer, then you get to leave on YOUR terms, and not his.

         For many guys, this is indeed a poor choice,
         and often a heartbreaker.

         While there are many places with more
         jobs in a 50 mile radius than a contractor
         can handle, this is not true in many
         other places ... especially in the west.

         It often means the engineer has to move ...
         leaving behind friends (as well as friends
         of their family ... family itself ... etc) and
         in many cases their "life."

         ... and the manager is often gone
         shortly after ... as he climbs the
         corporate ladder.

         The alternative: "live with the
         screaming and the uncertainty of
         job security."

>Even if he finds a new Engineer first, you're time and money ahead because 
>you're already looking.
>
>I've done this at a couple of previous places of employment.

         I have, as well.  And, over the years, I've
         walked from several clients, for various
         reasons, and even hung up on screaming
         abuse and foul language calls from them.

         Sometimes I did it "early on" and sometimes
         I was, in retrospect, a little slow to "cut
         the cord." Fortunately, most of this was
         prior to consolidation.