“BAT isn’t perfect haven wow ~” says liu, liu is a BAT a Leader, a rank about T7 has similar (T is generally technology group, the family management is M), a home for 11 years in BAT, but industry all over the Internet, echelon young atmosphere, liu’s lines of business, product data is not too good. So I had an interview with him some time ago, but he changed from a Leader to a front-line technician. His salary did not change much, but he was no longer in the management team, and the younger people in the team became his report object. In this kind of role reversal, many companies are common.
In the past, he is not thin to this younger brother (now is his report to the leadership), although temporarily will not be how to him, but the in the mind is very uncomfortable, feeling mixed of very failure. There are several choices to face, one is to jump out, the other is to continue to endure, as long as the thick-skinned, there is no much event. The third is to strive for a comeback. Jump out, older, old Liu is 38 now. There aren’t many other companies with this level of seniority. You can keep an eye on it. Headhunters have suggested him to do CTO in some small and medium-sized companies. Lao Liu thinks the risk of CTO is too high, and the salary may not be as good as his current one. After all, the money of small and medium-sized companies does not come from the wind. Stay and suffer, go from being the decision maker to being the decision maker. Before the management group information, no longer the first time informed, different positions, received information is not the same. He didn’t get along well with some of his colleagues, but now he’s down and people are waiting to laugh at him. Before, due to the reporting relationship, everyone respected his leadership position, now he goes down, a lot of things, can no longer casually call as before. This state of mind, let me how much or feel a gap, especially in this awkward age. And the last one, work hard to get back on your feet. Can you bounce back at 38? This can’t help but give myself a big question mark.
During my 11 years in BAT, I have also seen strong winds and waves, and I have also come under great pressure. Old Liu said that during the most difficult time, I had closed development for several months, sleeping at 2-3 o ‘clock every day, waking up in the morning and working with the team. The projects and the business are constantly changing. Sometimes it’s not up to the development team to determine whether a product’s data looks good or not. It’s also up to multiple teams, including operations, commerce, marketing, product design, etc. But you can’t help it. It’s all collateral. A ship, someone distracted fatigue, internal problems and contradictions, force does not go to a place to make, natural dry but competitive product team. The Internet has always been binary. The first and second industries have a chance to survive, while those behind do not have vertical differentiation, so it is difficult to survive. It’s basically a continuous burning of money and losing money, and obviously for the company, you don’t want that to happen, so you have to either change the team or change the leader to do it. Or not, the company is no longer related to the side, the original team will be scattered to each line of business up. Having worked as a manager for so many years, Lao Liu knows the boss’s mind too well.
HR had an interview with him, because the product data was not so ideal, the performance was not so ideal. I hope he can work hard and grow strong. After the communication was smooth, the reporting relationship and organizational structure were adjusted. He said that many of his team were demoted, or they just carried out the order, and the company should make the echelon younger. Many young people work only a few years T6, really have to accept the old. T6 will also be able to move to the admin channel. Oneself go up again, should be no play.
For Lao Liu, although the current change in income is not big, but it is also a Waterloo, the next step, performance is not satisfactory, say bad, will leave the company. Lao Liu used to think it was hard for such a thing to happen to him, because when one is in good times, he sees everything as good and tends to cover up the slightest bad taste. You never know. But the only thing you can do is to be yourself. At the same time, the advance can attack, retreat can defend the road to think well, once very passive, just like hanging in mid-air, neither advance nor retreat. Lao Liu recently in and a second-line company senior position contact, according to his description, once suitable, should immediately past.
Lao Liu’s advice to older leaders is:
1, the product of the moat to deep, this determines you in their own post can be stable. 2, temper should not be too hot, the circle is small, good reincarnation, god forgive who, maybe, your subordinates will become your leader, you go to job, the interviewer is your former colleagues. 3, establish the attack, retreat can defend the route, such as into the factory upgrade play strange, retreat can go to the second line to do CTO. 4, location determines resources, in its place, you have everything, not in its place, some are not, do not mistake the platform as their own ability. The sooner wealth accumulation, the better, can have the courage to sit on the platform, but also have the courage to leave the platform. The Internet has no permanent iron rice bowl, to adapt to change and strategic adjustment.
