The Big O\u20261980\u2026I\u2019m reminded of this song every time I hear a candidate tell me he or she wants to go back to work for people they\u2019ve worked for before. It happens at least two or three times a month that a candidate registered with our organization contemplates this and asks us about it.<\/p>\n
I understand people wanting to do this. They need a job! Most often, they\u2019ve been looking for a job for a period of time and the fear of not finding one weighs heavily on their mind. They get an offer to go back to work for someone they either left or got laid off from and it looks very tempting.<\/p>\n
The vast majority of the time when people do this, the \u201csecond go round\u201d lasts a shorter period of time and winds up being very strenuous. It\u2019s very much like accepting a counteroffer\u2026 the relationship is never quite the same as it was the first time.<\/p>\n
Most often, when people go back to work for organizations they have worked for before, it doesn\u2019t work out very well. The same reasons as to why people left the first time are normally still there. If the separation was an involuntary separation, an employee that was expendable before is certainly expendable again and everyone knows it, including the employee. So, there is an air of distrust and uncertainty in the relationship.<\/p>\n
Candidates will often succumb to this enticement simply because they are familiar with the organization and, in a state of emotional strain, the devil they know is better than the devil they don\u2019t know. They end up taking a job because they are at least comforted with the idea of having one.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019ve been out of work for an extended period of time and simply need to go to work and this is the only offer you have received, it\u2019s better than no job. No matter what anybody says or who would rationalize this, it normally doesn\u2019t work. Usually, as with a counteroffer, within six months both the candidate and the employer are disappointed and a candidate is usually back on the market. He or she may keep the job just long enough to find another one, but now they have to explain to prospective employers why they went back to the people they\u2019ve worked for once before.<\/p>\n
One of the risk factors they have now created for themselves is that any future prospective employer who interviews them is going to wonder if and when things get difficult the new employee will \u201cgo back\u201d again.<\/p>\n
Do what you think best, but realize \u201cthat lovin\u2019 you feeling again\u201d is not normally what was the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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