I applied for a product manager job in March of 2020 as a transition from engineering.
The hiring committee approved hiring me on March 9, 2020. They were gonna make an offer the following Monday, March 16. However, that Wednesday was March 11. I decided to work from home because I was spooked by COVID-19. We were all told to WFH at end of business that day.
The role ended up being eliminated on March 16 instead.
It wasn't a personal factor, but goddamn I was salty about it. Getting denied that internal transfer, even though it had nothing to do with me, really soured my feelings on that company. That plus the feeling of not having any more interesting advancement opportunities in my existing role were big factors in why I left.
I applied for a product manager job in March of 2020 as a transition from engineering.
The hiring committee approved hiring me on March 9, 2020. They were gonna make an offer the following Monday, March 16. However, that Wednesday was March 11. I decided to work from home because I was spooked by COVID-19. We were all told to WFH at end of business that day.
The role ended up being eliminated on March 16 instead.
It wasn't a personal factor, but goddamn I was salty about it. Getting denied that internal transfer, even though it had nothing to do with me, really soured my feelings on that company. That plus the feeling of not having any more interesting advancement opportunities in my existing role were big factors in why I left.