[BC] It's Engineers....

[Mike McCarthy]

GM's being no dummies KNOW tier job function is being consolidated like 
engineers were 10 years ago.  They are also tired of the uncertainty of 
being a GM at a cluster which might not be the same configuration in 2 
years and they're the odd one out.  PLUS, as others have pointed out, now 
is not the time to put a house on the market unless you have a buyer lined 
up, their financing is in place, and the offering employer is paying 
some/all of the move expenses along with a solid minimum contract/signing 
bonus.

If anything, manager engineers who are in reasonable shape with management 
might have a better job security situation now than even a few years ago 
because GM's/senior managers now know how hard it is to find replacements 
unless it comes from within.  Which is not easy to do with one man shops or 
small shops with staff who's not yet ready for prime time.  Major markets 
might be the exception as one would expect anyone on the technical staff to 
be sufficiently experienced to at least respond to TX issues.  If they can 
resolve without the assistance of other staff, they're one step closer to 
being the top guy.

MM

At 10:12 PM 5/4/2008 -0700, Barry Mishkind wrote
>I'll add to that it's amusing to me that some companies are even having a 
>hard time finding a decent GM to step up and take jobs.  Things are 
>getting pretty bad...