So what on earth happened since here?
A few things.
On the new place side:
- Some red flags that I overlooked during the interview process kept coming back to surface in my mind
- There was a Director of Revops position at a company that I was much more interested in, and I got automatically rejected. More on that later
- A called me to tell me she had been interviewing to be my boss, every since she was my reference. This was very surprising, because a lot of the reason I was interested in coming to the new place was my boss, who it turned out, was leaving. And the worst part, they told A not to tell me, they wanted to have me join and then let me know.
- Things that A said she noticed as red flags added to the ones I had been feeling (including the CEO not being truthful about my questions)
Anyway while this was happening, Pano threw the door at me, from our CFO, to CEO, to CMO, to VP Sales, and everyone in between, everyone was expressing that they were sad I was leaving and didn't know what they would do. One particular meeting that stands out was an initiatives meeting where 4 separate people from 4 separate projects gave me a shoutout, and told the forum that I was very helpful.
So I had one company that really wanted me to stay and do right by me, vs a company who I felt was trying to screw me by not giving me all the information. So my next steps were:
- Tell my boss I was thinking of staying in the end
- Tell him I had 5 conditions so that we wouldn't be in this same positions 6 months down the line
- Salary bump
- Staying on the same team, even though marketing was supposed to be hiring this one
- Add Revenue to title
- Learn things from the job description I was automatically rejected from, like Tableau and Netsuite. This would prevent me from being bored, and would help me to continue to develop and grow. I realized the things on the JD that I didnt get, were things I would be able to gain still from Pano
- No "flag" over my head as a mark of someone who was going to leave
Conversation with CEO and CFO went well. I negotiated that I would stay on my team for 3 months and then move to marketing, but other than that, we were good. I think it may be a good thing anyway, though I could regret agreeing to that later on.
Anyway, I made the uncomfortable call of telling the new place I wasn't joining, but I wasn't allowed to say that A had told me that P was leaving. It didn't feel good, but it was the right decision, and I now feel refreshed, happy, valued, and developing at Pano.
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