I’m in my mid 20s and in a few months it will be my 3rd year with HV. How long should an employee remain to gain experience/knowledge before moving on to another company? I’ve been told time and again that HV should be used as a stepping stone and not to remain here for more than 5 years if I want a career within the industry. Any thoughts on this or what else I need to be doing to solidify my career?
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Monday is what happens March 1st.. nothing more.
What happens on March 1st?
I guess we will find out Monday March 1st.
Post ID: @5dky+19tptg0S wrote:
"..... they are a "VP" that doesn't know there way around a solution set or data center. Probably never stepped into one. It's called 'title-hopping'. And that's one of the reason's you get people in decision making position's that flounder and run the company into the ground."
This is SOO TRUE in HV!! For the past 6 years HDS/HV hired the leaders that talk the talk but never walk the walk !
If HV is, in fact, done, as others have said, it will be interesting to see what the exit plan is. I doubt Hitachi Ltd. would just fold up the the tent. Even though most of us are frustrated, there is still value in the company that Hitachi Ltd. would not just throw away. They would do some combination of: trimming off the remaining unprofitable parts; sell it off; buy another tech company to combine it with.
I'm hoping we will hear some kind of plan very soon. We should start to hear plans for FY21 next week. We will know then if the plan is just a reshuffling or if there is something bigger in the works. Worst case scenario is that it's just a reshuffling. Then the company will limp along for a while until Hitachi Ltd. loses patience and replaces upper management again with a new crew with "new ideas" and the cycle will start over.
In the hi-tech field, 3 years is a life time anymore.
There were C-level people there that if you check them out on linkedin you will see they spent a maximum of TWO years in one position and then moved on. One in particular if I can remember correctly, moved 5 times staying no more than two years at one company. The next thing you know, they are a "VP" that doesn't know there way around a solution set or data center. Probably never stepped into one. It's called 'title-hopping'. And that's one of the reason's you get people in decision making position's that flounder and run the company into the ground.
Yes, as everyone hear is saying - get out. HV is over and done. They are not considered a competitor anymore. Good luck.
There are NO opportunities within this company. I repeat, there are No opportunities within this company. This company doesn’t even have challenges to speak of because it is in such a hot mess with no direction lead us out. We need leadership with a vision into the future. Instead we have a carnival barker trying to sell us more BS everyday. We need producers in this company not a bunch of used car salesmen selling broken promises to our customers.
3 years in mid twenties during Covid-19 you are pretty much all set! get that CV polished up, play down some of the university stuff and if you had multiple roles at Hitachi in that time split them out. then get yourself out there!
Anything cutting edge at HV is ancient by industry standard today. So more experience you have at HV more obsolete you become. So it is better to take a hit early in once career than later.
Also, try to make a move toward a better opportunity rather than away from a situation you feel you can no longer tolerate.
Strictly from a time perspective, 3 years is a respectable tenure–especially for a first job.
What you really need to consider is your growth. Don't let the negativity of others influence you too much. It's easy to get negative when times are tough and we have big challenges here for sure. However, challenges can also be opportunities. The most successful people I've met throughout my career are the ones that don't just recognize problems, but offer solutions and see them through to completion. That last part is the hardest (driving to completion). Most people like to just biatch to each other. That's what they spend their time doing while the successful people hustle to resolve the issues and then they wonder why they get left behind.
Be creative and thorough in developing solutions to the problems that you see. Try to use every tool at your disposal. You may need to request access to some new ones. Don't be afraid to speak up. If you are offering solutions rather than just complaining it's usually appreciated and a breath of fresh air. Make sure you can articulate them clearly. If your manager doesn't take interest it's often because you are functioning above what he/she is capable of. Don't beat your head against that wall and grow your internal network to shop your ideas to.
Use these opportunities to develop new skills. That can be technical skills, sales skills, leadership skills or other soft skills. If you are in a technical role, don't overvalue the technical skills and undervalue the rest. Technical skills will get you a job and keep you employed. The rest will progress your career and make people remember you when they move on to management roles either here or at other companies.
Seek out or create projects or initiatives in areas that interest you and that will provide experience in areas that are in demand. These don't have to be official roles and they will keep you engaged and sane while also enhancing your market value. They also don't need to be directly related to your current role. Some of the projects I created in past roles wound up completely changing how entire groups operated. That's fun.
There is a good chance that you will heed this advice and still find the need to leave. That's fine and normal. But if you have done these things you will have more to put on your resume and your confidence and positive attitude will shine through in interviews. You will also leave here with your head held high and a good reputation. The time to leave is when you feel like you have found a new opportunity that will allow you to grow much faster than you can here–not when the mediocre crew has convinced you the situation is hopeless.
If you are worried that the next company will feel like you failed and had to leave, my personal experience is anything over 2 years is good, 3 years is absolutely great. Typically failures are shown the door in the first year, any period of time over that is fine.
If you feel like you're too comfortable in your job and satisfied with your compensation, then it's time to look for new challenge. Either inside the company or outside. It's as simple as that.
I say this because you wish to GROW your career, else such path can be very stressful.