Why I Came Back to RHONDOS
This article was authored by Shannon Holmes Enterprise Account Executive - APAC & ANZ at RHONDOS.
Boomerang hires are one of the few honest signals a company gets. Someone leaves, sees what the rest of the market looks like, and then decides whether to come back. RHONDOS has grown a lot in four years — new ownership of PowerConnect, a global footprint across NORAM, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC, and a much bigger team than the one Shannon left. Here's what brought her back.
I left RHONDOS. Then I came back. People have asked me why, so here it is.
The people were the easy part
The team here is tremendous. Everyone's working toward the same goal and genuinely supports each other. Rejoining a team with some of my favorite coworkers and knowing the kind of people RHONDOS hires meant I knew I'd be working with intelligent people who are also just fun to be around.
What I built here the first time
I think the first two years at RHONDOS were the most purposeful, successful, and skill-building of my career. I feel lucky, looking back, not because my success came easily, but because I got to work directly with our CEO and our now President/CPO on some flagship deals. They taught me so much, I can't even begin to measure their impact. Now, company structure and its partnerships are a bit different with ownership of the PowerConnect software. The product has become more relevant and obviously has leveled up over four years. But what hasn't changed is the core value message. That message is, fortunately, still locked firmly in my brain which has made the transition back pretty smooth.
The role I couldn't find anywhere else
Lastly, I don't think I'd find this opportunity elsewhere. Working an international territory lets me learn about and experience other cultures in a new way. Which, as an avid traveler, has been such a treat for me and it feels like I'm taking micro trips all week, but without the hassle of ensuring I brought the correct outlet converter. I've also been able to leapfrog the steep technology learning curve and jump right to the fun part of contributing to RHONDOS's global business foundation.
Why it wasn't a hard decision
I've grown a lot since I first joined RHONDOS, and I now have a much clearer vision of where I want my career to go. That vision lines up so well with where RHONDOS is headed that rejoining wasn't even a pros/cons-list decision.
Shannon's story isn't unusual here. The people who thrive at RHONDOS tend to be the ones who want ownership of a territory, direct access to the people making decisions, and a product they can get genuinely interested in. We're hiring across all four regions as we build out PowerConnect's global business foundation.
If that sounds like the kind of team you want to be on, we're hiring across NORAM, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC → Careers at RHONDOS