[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by rebekahb

It's weird looking for a job after 12 years.

Try after 38.5 years with the same employer, after being tendered a buy-out offer that I was told I shouldn't refuse. Seriously, my last resume is on 8-inch floppy and was printed on thermal dot-matrix paper.....

[rebekahb]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

It is. I started looking 5 years ago after 15 years with the same company, spent 2 years being pretty selective what I applied for etc and TBH I found the whole thing a massive shit show. In the end i changed roles within the same company so I am still with them but if i was say let go (I'd get about 18 months severance) I would not relax and take a breather because it may well take 18 months to find something.

When I finally made the decision to start looking I was excited but that lasted about 10 minutes. I realized real quick so much had changed. 18 years is a long time but at least you were able to move within the company.

Our company is small in terms of where I can grow. Almost no options. There are some things going on behind the scenes that I'm just not comfortable with as well. I also found myself getting excited at possibilities of something else. I could actually roll this on the side too if I needed to. I have complete autonomy and so much can be done now from phone or computer.

[rebekahb]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Try after 38.5 years with the same employer, after being tendered a buy-out offer that I was told I shouldn't refuse. Seriously, my last resume is on 8-inch floppy and was printed on thermal dot-matrix paper.....

I can't even imagine. That last part made me laugh. I remember those days. It is very rare to find tenure like that these days.