Going Back to Past Employer

If he hasn't "burned any bridges" in the past organization, a renewed relationship may be quite possible. I worked for a refrigeration contractor from 1975-1979, was hired away by a seafood catching/processing company from 1979-1986, and then went back to the same refrigeration company from 1986-1993. None of these positions remained permanent, but all were successful and rewarding for a time.

It's probably fine, but I wouldn't recommend that your friend leave on bad terms with his current employer either. This is assuming that his old employer wants him back.

Very few people find the perfect job. Most of us toil away and just have to deal with the things we don't like.

The days of lifetime loyalty to a company, or company loyalty to an employee, are over.

If this fellow was a good employee and left on good terms with his old employer he has nothing to loose by exploring the possibility of going back to work there again.

Good reply. I have over 35 years of work experience and even today I can work with my own hands just as I worked 30 years back. More over I love my job. being a maintenance manager I manage my team to excel in their performance. Yes due to extreme politics in engineering field also good people do suffer. Many successful manager who climbed corporate ladder fast followed "Guru Peter Druker". Like first invented gun-powder miss used to conquer world.

In my present company I am working for last 7 years and recently one such unit head asked me to resign due to "poor performance". This shocked many of my followers as well as competitors, colleagues, friends, etc. One top General Manager of a large Public Sector company called me to know whether our company is all set to go in wrong direction by asking people like me to resign. Yes it certainly disturbed me and many others. I am asked to stay back by one of our directors, but that is another story.

Coming back to your friends problem: He was in his comfort zone. The new assignment may be good for him but he is expecting same comfort zone as before. My advise is that he should work towards building comfort zone again in his new company treating it as a challenge.

Thank you K.V.Subramaniam Sir for the comments & inputs to the discussion.Nice of meeting you in CR4.

Keeping up the top most position, the struggle we find in animal herds, politics etc calling for acceptance,power,respect and confidence from the pals.Even Edison, being a strong scientist& innovator, as well the founder of General Electric company was expelled from G.E for incompatibility reasons.

One more reality fact is

*One man-reponsible totally

*Two men-differnce of opionion starts

*More than two men- Politics and groupism starts{which is very obvious in families,friendship groups, organizations/associations etc]

*More than 3, the complexity increases with population.

Survival of the fittest games

Empathy considerations are very important in group functioning, the failure of which causes all chaos.

Thnaks Mr.Udhayamathandan. After initial career as a technician I have added up my qualifications and grown to manager level & HOD. I achieved HOD level beating much more seniors at the age of 21 yrs. after working as HOD from 1981 to 1985 (join date: 1979), I changed my job and joined an MNC as a Technician but for very high salary. I was very successful; only thing I kept in mind to succeed that, now I am not HOD, as HOD who impressed me? I kept that person in my mind and performed my duties as a Technician and earned very good name, fame & money.

Since last 7 years I am not looking at money or position. I got two grown-up sons; one is working since last 4 yrs & younger at his finals. I am just enjoying achieving above world class maintenance standards & teaching youngsters. So far a Tehinically highly qualified person was heading our unit there was no prblem for me. Still some people play with people like me also; I do not think they get any benefit out of it, by doing what happened to me. I know management strategies; they think they have great management secret agendas; but I have seen big companies just shut because of foolish decisions & agendas. Our new non-technical unit head who asked me to go also has half knowledge about mankind, human values, life, etc; but wants to show management what????

Hi KVS,

Can you check your postings and reach me?

Dear Sir,

I suggest you a good book; You will see the reasons why not our country "Shine" again.

The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman

thank you for your detailed views on the subject.

i actually showed all the replies form my associates in CR4. After long thinking he decided to settle on following things.

1. As he joined this company for money . so he will continue the same.
2. Regarding politics at company. He decided not to swim against the flow. He accepted ground things in the company.
3. Regarding his interest to previous company. He contacted his previous boss about his willingness to join the company with respect.
4. Also, he planned to engage in engg. blogs to brush up his knowledge and interests.
5. Meanwhile he revised his CV and aggressively searching online for better opportunities.
   

Sanjaykangralkar,

It is so great of you and your sincere concern about your friend's despair and confused condition of status. On behalf all the members who have posted in this forum ,I would like to congratulate you for seeking moral and counselling solutions to your beloved friend who is really lucky to have a true friend like your good self.

Cheers & Regards

N.B: When I was facing a similar problem 10 years back in my past carrier,I took the decision of not going back to my long term served past employer, taken some few risks in new concerns, got fed up and switched over to teaching, improved my qualifications and simultaneously built my ambitious sustainable technology R& D laboratory and going ahead with optimism to serve globally.

It was feasible just because of the fact of risk taking by way of choosing the most untraveled path before me instead of the mostly travelled path[ old organization].

To be frank, the risk taken pays its fruits and the endless journey in search of adventures and new visions continues interestingly.

Whatever be the situation[ failure or success] the lessons learned are important and one should never feel handicapped that the world around him is shrinking without options and opportunities. World is too large and options are unlimited.

Unshaken faith in oneself and deeds, a strong self esteem and being hopeful till the tides pass away, lead any one to his destiny.

A friend in need is a friend in deed.

I consider to-days envoirnment in industry as "Kurushetra" (a battle ground). If you are smart and courageous you can be warrior and win the battles. If your friend is smart and can produce results then he can try any other job which is of his liking. I will suggest that until he is asked by his earlier employer to join them back, he should not go back with head down. Rather he may become laughing stock in the organisation