{"id":2050,"date":"2024-02-29T08:09:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T13:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northwayinsights.com\/?p=2050"},"modified":"2024-02-09T18:02:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T23:02:37","slug":"changing-companies-has-a-hidden-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northwayinsights.com\/2024\/02\/changing-companies-has-a-hidden-trap\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing companies has a hidden trap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/b3Rj7pFGay0\" title=\"Changing companies has a hidden trap. 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I mean, that other company offered you a better salary, or a larger scope of influence, or a better title, or something better than your old job had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why would they lure you away from your current job if they didn\u2019t want the skills you bring with you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But even when it looks like an easy job where you\u2019re keeping the same position, solving the same kinds of problems at the same level, there are still two traps you can fall into when you move to a different company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1\ufe0f\u20e3 The new company\u2019s culture will not be the same as your current company\u2019s. The standard operating procedures that made you successful so far may fall flat or fly in your face at the new organization. You\u2019ll need to take some time to learn what\u2019s already working \u2013 and maybe even working better than at your old job. Learn also what it takes for changes to succeed before you start trying to transplant any successful tactics you\u2019re bringing with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2\ufe0f\u20e3 You\u2019re probably starting with no network. In the time you spent at your old company, you probably made friends and allies, exchanged favors and earned political capital. Your plans succeeded in part because other people trusted you and wanted to see you succeed. After changing companies, you\u2019re starting over, and you\u2019ll need to forge new relationships and exchange new favors to rebuild a strong network to support you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve seen too many people change companies only to return a few months or years later because things didn\u2019t work out the way they planned. 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