It's been coming at me now for the last 2-3 months.
Let me back up and tell you my situation:
What I do and do well at is business development. I was taught at a previous employer on how to navigate within companies by phone finding the key decision makers on purchasing and engineering. What I would do is follow up and qualify what their needs are and do quotes of wire harnesses. Well the Silicon Valley where I live is drying up real bad business wise on new orders like a lake bed in the middle of Summer. Companies are sticking to their current vendors and they're not adding new suppliers to their list. After a year of hammering the phones, qualifying, doing audits and NDA's; the momentum is dying now for me to get new business. I've been able to average 1-2 new quotes per week consistently. But it isn't fast enough to get PO's on the table. 6-8 months is the norm after samples, testing etc.
Therefore, my upper manager has decided they wish to part with me. My immediate manager wishes to retain me. His word isn't carrying any weight to them. He can see the situation better than they and sees alot of potential business coming up ahead. Upper won't listen. all they see is numbers.
I'm leaving behind a stellar contact database I created. Big companies all over and the key players to contact.
The upper management wants to hire someone to go out and beat feet on the street for new business. Well those days are over. That worked many years ago. Today getting new business is more on the phone and internet. Then go meet once things get closer.
It's meant to be I feel that I'm getting cut. Electronics is just not meant for me.
In the meantime, I get e-mails coming in the be a Farmers Insurance salesman. Yeah whoopee. No thanks!
