A Businessman's View

I promised on LinkedIn that I would document my process of finding a new job, which took me four months and was complicated significantly by the global COVID-19 pandemic.  This is that blog entry. The Context "I want to rip my hair out! Oh, wait..." In mid-December, I received a phone call from my manager at the time.  The call, if I summarize it in a humorous light, went something like this:  "you got a nice end-of-year commission check, yes?  Great because you don't have a job after the end of this month.  Merry Christmas." The Strategy I was given two weeks before my position was eliminated, and I was told that if I could find another position elsewhere within the company I would remain employed there.  "Great!" I thought.  "I'll just reach out to the numerous people in senior positions to get transferred to another group."  Unfortunately, it wasn't this easy - either there was no headcount available or it was in a d