The Official Status Update Thread: Part 149 - The Winter That Wasn't

[db1959]

 

[Birds Away]

See ya, Mrs. G., Dave.

 

[KJQ6945]

Neither have I

Haven't been in over twenty years.

 

[db1959]

He just retired at the ripe old age of 60 after 44 years with the same company.

That's a long time. I have been here 26 years.

Not a lot of that these days...only us old timers. 37 years for me.

 

[db1959]

Haven't been in over twenty years.

we should go sometime, walk around and yell "where are the ****ing boats"

 

[Expat]

Not a lot of that these days...only us old timers. 37 years for me.

Yeah, it seems like that sort of thing is a thing of the past.

 

[Expat]

It doesnt seem like millennials have a long enough attention span to stay at a job very long.

 

[db1959]

It doesnt seem like millennials have a long enough attention span to stay at a job very long.

yup. Old farts like us don't like change. I have never done a resume.

 

[Birds Away]

I miss my career. Now I am stuck with a job.

 

[Expat]

yup. Old farts like us don't like change. I have never done a resume.

My last one was 26 years ago. Even though they were going to hire me, they asked me to prepare a resume for them.

 

[Expat]

I miss my career. Now I am stuck with a job.

That would be sad to have to leave something you love.

 

[SEIndSAM]

It doesnt seem like millennials have a long enough attention span to stay at a job very long.

That, or like my last job, got hired "cheap" and move on when something better comes along.......

I was making good money in 2008 before the crash, took me until 2014 to get back to that same level...

 

[chezuki]

 

[db1959]

morning chez

 

[Expat]

That, or like my last job, got hired "cheap" and move on when something better comes along.......

I was making good money in 2008 before the crash, took me until 2014 to get back to that same level...

My overall pay went down by $5-6k per year after the crash... I guess I am back above that lost amount now but not where I would have been if structural pay changes hadn't been made.

 

[churchmouse]

You guy's would not believe how many job changes I have made.
Hire in on a hand shake agreement........agreement gets broken......-CM- is a memory.

 

[Birds Away]

You guy's would not believe how many job changes I have made.
Hire in on a hand shake agreement........agreement gets broken......-CM- is a memory.

I thought he was a bully.

 

[Expat]

I thought he was a bully.

I think his long lunches buying people cheeseburgers is involved in his changing jobs so often...

 

[db1959]

I've had several side jobs. Used to paint houses on the side but that got to be too much work. The money was good but I had no time for myself. Part time at a pizza joint was the best. Got paid to drink beer and eat pizza.

 

[churchmouse]

I think his long lunches buying people cheeseburgers is involved in his changing jobs so often...

......nope.

I have a few basic rules that I will work under.
Break them (they always do.) and I am G>O>N>E>