Longtime listener, first time (close enough) caller....I'm talking Websider days
I am the #2 at a small IT MSP in Dallas. Due to pricing adjustments and other dumbass strategies set by our owner late last year, we have had two clients offboard in the last 5 months. I had to hustle, adjust pricing, and promise above their current service offerings on our largest client to save them from severing their agreement. Owner is now hiring offshore from S Africa and Philippines to try and replace most of the technical staff. I have seen the writing on the wall for a few months and have been passively poking around the job market, but now time is of the essence. I am negotiating a severance with the owner right now, but it might get me halfway through summer.
I have been our Operations Manager since 2021, hired into the company as a project engineer in 2019, and have also worked as our CIO internally and to our clients; setting up cyber strategies (physical and end-user) and helping protect physical infrastructure. Layers of the onion...IYKYK. I do not have any of the big buzz certs to justify a second look for CIO interviews such as CISSP, but honestly I run a tight ship and do not care if I stay in IT. I would prefer not to go back into technical IT work on a large scale team, but would consider it given the situation I am currently in.
My targeted jobs are:
Ops Manager/Director of Ops
IT Service Manager
I know the IT MSP business inside and out, and have considered starting up my own. But not entirely sure I want to take that risk and my wife is pretty apprehensive for me to take that on since most of our livable income relies on me.
I would love to work for a company with great values and culture. Honestly, I could be the solo IT guy for a small business as I think that would be fun. Not just break/fix, but the high level strategies as well.
Spreading the work and hoping for even a turn in the right direction.
I am the #2 at a small IT MSP in Dallas. Due to pricing adjustments and other dumbass strategies set by our owner late last year, we have had two clients offboard in the last 5 months. I had to hustle, adjust pricing, and promise above their current service offerings on our largest client to save them from severing their agreement. Owner is now hiring offshore from S Africa and Philippines to try and replace most of the technical staff. I have seen the writing on the wall for a few months and have been passively poking around the job market, but now time is of the essence. I am negotiating a severance with the owner right now, but it might get me halfway through summer.
I have been our Operations Manager since 2021, hired into the company as a project engineer in 2019, and have also worked as our CIO internally and to our clients; setting up cyber strategies (physical and end-user) and helping protect physical infrastructure. Layers of the onion...IYKYK. I do not have any of the big buzz certs to justify a second look for CIO interviews such as CISSP, but honestly I run a tight ship and do not care if I stay in IT. I would prefer not to go back into technical IT work on a large scale team, but would consider it given the situation I am currently in.
My targeted jobs are:
Ops Manager/Director of Ops
IT Service Manager
I know the IT MSP business inside and out, and have considered starting up my own. But not entirely sure I want to take that risk and my wife is pretty apprehensive for me to take that on since most of our livable income relies on me.
I would love to work for a company with great values and culture. Honestly, I could be the solo IT guy for a small business as I think that would be fun. Not just break/fix, but the high level strategies as well.
Spreading the work and hoping for even a turn in the right direction.
