but as far as i see it (heavy equipment operator) as long as you were dissapointed they left, and they gave a 2 week notice, welcome back. once of course. [Reply]
My boss in the early 90's was asked by a vendor if they could talk to me about going to work for them. I learned later that, he told them that he was surprised he had been able to keep me as long as he had and gave them the green light. After they made me an offer, I ran it past my boss for his imput.
I went to work for them 2 weeks later, during a 5 year stint made low 6 figures every year which then was big bucks for a single guy.
Years later he hired me back with a compensation package that literally blow me away. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
Well, for what it's worth, that's basically my situation. I left Rain Man, Inc. because it was the only "real" job I'd had, and I wanted to get experience with another organization in the industry.
In my case, I actually really liked the place I went, but we got bought out by a giant in the industry, and suddenly I was thrust into a massive bureaucracy. That's my style, so I called Rain Man up and started talking about coming back.
Every situation is different, but I actually think that Rain Man, Inc. has benefitted a lot from me leaving and coming back. I gained a lot of insights into how other firms operate within our industry, and we've made a lot of changes since I came back based on those experiences.
So obviously, you'd want to have a good discussion about what their long-term thoughts are - you don't want to just be the crutch they use while job searching for another field of green grass. But if they're like me, it might work out really well.
(Just to clarify, I was with Rain Man, Inc. for 5.5 years, left for 1.5, and have now been back for 3.5 more.)
I think they call this "the girlfriend experience." [Reply]
There's no reason at all I wouldn't rehire a good employee who left, unless the circumstances of their departure indicated otherwise.
Employees leaving isn't an act of betrayal. Sometimes its $$$, or a lifestyle choice, or they want to try a new career path, or whatever. There's a million reasons. If they were good employees, I'd gladly rehire.
We have, on two occasions, reached out to try to rehire folks that had left when a spot opened up that we thought they would be a good fit for. They left on good terms, and you never know when someone might be thinking they need a change, or have regrets, or whatever. [Reply]
Originally Posted by cooper barrett:
My boss in the early 90's was asked by a vendor if they could talk to me about going to work for them. I learned later that, he told them that he was surprised he had been able to keep me as long as he had and gave them the green light. After they made me an offer, I ran it past my boss for his imput.
I went to work for them 2 weeks later, during a 5 year stint made low 6 figures every year which then was big bucks for a single guy.
Years later he hired me back with a compensation package that literally blow me away.
Nice way to make up a fake story that barely relates to the topic if at all. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Clyde Frog:
I work in tech and we do it all the time. People leave for a different company and come back in a couple of years. We had one person start back with us, that quit 2 years ago to work closer to home, this past Monday. Better pay and better position. Its one of the only ways to get ahead and get paid up to market in this industry. Unless you're a genius or your daddy/husband is rich then you can be a ****tard asshole thats worthless and get positions well beyond your scope of knowledge and skills (janitor) over people much more qualified and able. But thats another story.
Hospital I used to work at has the guy you are describing here. Guy was completely worthless and I don't use that term lightly. The reason he was hired? His dad is a surgeon at the hospital that brings in a lot of money. They even "laid him off" at one point. His dad raised a stink and he was back on the team within a couple of weeks. That guy doesn't know how to do anything related to his position. It was completely ridiculous. [Reply]
I have with good employees. Even hired one back that I fired (she was an A employee that made a really, really stupid mistake so I figured she'd learned from it)
My question is how does one work for this Rain Man, Inc.? Sounds interesting. [Reply]
