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05-02-2022, 08:39 PM
YmoBeThere

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Originally Posted by bundabergdevil

You quit today?

I submitted my two weeks notice, yes.
05-02-2022, 08:42 PM
bundabergdevil

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Originally Posted by YmoBeThere

I submitted my two weeks notice, yes.

Congrats! What’s next and what prompted the move? I love changing jobs. It’s a luxury in life.
05-02-2022, 08:47 PM
TruBlu

I have also been known to change employers, sometimes it was my choice.
05-02-2022, 08:57 PM
YmoBeThere

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Originally Posted by bundabergdevil

Congrats! What’s next and what prompted the move? I love changing jobs. It’s a luxury in life.

Thanks! Definitely a luxury. I'll be working for a company that announced their worst earnings ever last Thursday night, admitted they were overstaffed and above capacity, and pledged to cut $2 billion in costs over the next quarter. And that's the good news!!!:p
05-02-2022, 09:26 PM
ClemmonsDevil

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Originally Posted by YmoBeThere

Thanks! Definitely a luxury. I'll be working for a company that announced their worst earnings ever last Thursday night, admitted they were overstaffed and above capacity, and pledged to cut $2 billion in costs over the next quarter. And that's the good news!!!:p

I love the confidence to go work there. That's strong.
05-02-2022, 09:31 PM
bundabergdevil

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Originally Posted by YmoBeThere

Thanks! Definitely a luxury. I'll be working for a company that announced their worst earnings ever last Thursday night, admitted they were overstaffed and above capacity, and pledged to cut $2 billion in costs over the next quarter. And that's the good news!!!:p

Hah! I joined a company on the precipice of major change once. It turned out to be a poor decision in the medium-run but cest la vie.

Well, congratulations. I hope you’re making goobs more money.
05-02-2022, 09:32 PM
bundabergdevil

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Originally Posted by TruBlu

I have also been known to change employers, sometimes it was my choice.

I have never been fired or let go. Still time!
05-02-2022, 10:10 PM
YmoBeThere

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Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil

I love the confidence to go work there. That's strong.

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Originally Posted by bundabergdevil

Hah! I joined a company on the precipice of major change once. It turned out to be a poor decision in the medium-run but cest la vie.

Well, congratulations. I hope you’re making goobs more money.

Yeah, if I would have known all this before saying yes to the offer, well. The financial incentives are really strong, but the housing market is a mess.
05-02-2022, 10:11 PM
YmoBeThere

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Originally Posted by bundabergdevil

I have never been fired or let go.

Me either...maybe I'm not taking enough risk.
05-03-2022, 04:09 AM
bundabergdevil

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Originally Posted by YmoBeThere

Yeah, if I would have known all this before saying yes to the offer, well. The financial incentives are really strong, but the housing market is a mess.

You leaving San Antonio?! But the tacos….
05-03-2022, 07:05 AM
bundabergdevil

Now would NOT be the time to re-open the PPB. Whoo boy.
05-03-2022, 07:10 AM
ClemmonsDevil

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Originally Posted by bundabergdevil

Now would NOT be the time to re-open the PPB. Whoo boy.

Struggling today.
05-03-2022, 07:44 AM
YmoBeThere

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Originally Posted by bundabergdevil

You leaving San Antonio?! But the tacos….

Not immediately...but eventually. 85 miles up I-35.
05-03-2022, 07:53 AM
aimo

I have never been fired. I did get to have one Take This Job and Shove It moment while leaving a summer job to go back to school. I believe I have already told that story on one of these threads.

I worked a long time in a grant-based job, so there was one time a few years ago when my funding ran out and there was no more to fall back on, so I had a 13 month "gap year". Then I made my way back to the same employer, different department, so I could regain my benefits and years toward retirement. And now I get to retire early in less than 8 years. And I like my job.

So, there is something to sticking with an employer. Just sayin'.
05-03-2022, 07:56 AM
YmoBeThere

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Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil

Struggling today.

Struggling since last evening, but yes better not to open up the PPB.
05-03-2022, 08:07 AM
ClemmonsDevil

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Originally Posted by aimo

I have never been fired. I did get to have one Take This Job and Shove It moment while leaving a summer job to go back to school. I believe I have already told that story on one of these threads.

I worked a long time in a grant-based job, so there was one time a few years ago when my funding ran out and there was no more to fall back on, so I had a 13 month "gap year". Then I made my way back to the same employer, different department, so I could regain my benefits and years toward retirement. And now I get to retire early in less than 8 years. And I like my job.

So, there is something to sticking with an employer. Just sayin'.

I worked at the same hospital for 15 years at the bedside and I loved every second of it. I did a consulting gig on the side, which led to the current employer seeking me out. I will retire from this company unless someone just backs up a dump truck load of money to my house. It's not that I am loyal to my employer (because employers are incapable of loyalty when it boils down to it) as much as it is such a hassle to change. I love the challenge of learning something new, but as I approach 50 I am becoming more risk averse.
05-03-2022, 08:18 AM
bundabergdevil

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Originally Posted by YmoBeThere

Not immediately...but eventually. 85 miles up I-35.

Nice. Making Austin a little weirder!

They have tacos there, too, I hear. But, yeah, that housing market...
05-03-2022, 08:20 AM
bundabergdevil

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Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil

I worked at the same hospital for 15 years at the bedside and I loved every second of it. I did a consulting gig on the side, which led to the current employer seeking me out. I will retire from this company unless someone just backs up a dump truck load of money to my house. It's not that I am loyal to my employer (because employers are incapable of loyalty when it boils down to it) as much as it is such a hassle to change. I love the challenge of learning something new, but as I approach 50 I am becoming more risk averse.

I make this point a lot to my long-tenured and pensioned colleagues. It's funny how companies work to promote culture and loyalty, etc, but at the end of the day, they'll make necessary business decisions. I've seen 5,000 people lose their jobs w/in a week --- they were just gone. No reason individuals shouldn't behave to maximize value (however one measures) it by job hopping or staying. Plus, most retirement incentives are designed for portability today and puts the onus on the individual...
05-03-2022, 08:25 AM
budwom

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Originally Posted by bundabergdevil

I make this point a lot to my long-tenured and pensioned colleagues. It's funny how companies work to promote culture and loyalty, etc, but at the end of the day, they'll make necessary business decisions. I've seen 5,000 people lose their jobs w/in a week --- they were just gone. No reason individuals shouldn't behave to maximize value (however one measures) it by job hopping or staying. Plus, most retirement incentives are designed for portability today and puts the onus on the individual...

ah, "portability." Employer speak for pure cheapness...a real pension would cost us money, so we'll put half that amount towards a "portable" retirement vehicle and wish you the best of luck or not. "portability" is the BS excuse, saving themselves money is the design.
05-03-2022, 08:27 AM
bundabergdevil

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Originally Posted by budwom

ah, "portability." Employer speak for pure cheapness...a real pension would cost us money, so we'll put half that amount towards a "portable" retirement vehicle and wish you the best of luck or not. "portability" is the BS excuse, saving themselves money is the design.

Oh, I know that but, as an individual in the portability system, I'm going to use it to show 0 loyalty to my employer and seek out the best the opportunity for me.