What would you do? (profit, job, company, money)

[missdiagnosis]

I currently work at a company that is about to go public in a couple months, and with that, I've heard numerous people say save your money and purchase stock options, and things like that...

Just curious, would you continue looking for a job elsewhere, or would you wait it out with the current company?

[ccm123]

Going public is not necessary a bad thing. I would view it as a positive since the company has likely gained enough market share & name recognition to have it's stock go public. There will certainly be more public scrutiny about the company once it is public.

Just because the company is going IPO does not mean you should look for another job, in fact, it may be profitable for you, in the form of stock options.

[STT Resident]

I'm not sure I understand why you would even think about looking for another job unless for some reason you're not happy there in general and have already been giving some thought to making a change. I would absolutely wait it out if I were happy with my job.

[missdiagnosis]

I'm not exactly happy, so I've been looking, if the right opportunity came along (marketing as opposed to solely email marketing) I'd jump at it....I'm wondering if its worth sticking out for the company to go public or carry on with search and if something comes up go for it....