So I started a new job about a year ago with what turned out to be the worst managed company I have ever worked for.
The division I was hired into was dissolved within a week of me arriving, so I was moved to a new one. My boss was then fired so the company shifted me to yet another group. Six months later the President resigns, and the CEO is fired. The company has been in total cluster fuck mode for the last 3 or 4 months while the interim management monkeys try to figure out what the hell is going on.
It seems they have at least formed some new plan because I know from a trusted source that layoffs will begin on Friday for what will be a reorg. It appears I’m safe, but I don’t know if I’ll be gone in a month or if my job is “safe” for the next 20 years. It could honestly go either way. Throughout the chaos I’ve basically been collecting a six figure salary in a position that had been flying under the radar, so I haven’t really had much to do.
So, should I error on the side of caution and start looking for a new job, or do I keep a low profile and milk them for every dollar I can until they either let me go or things settle down ?