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03-22-2024, 01:31 PM
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How does it feel to leave a job after working 10+ years?

Left a job a few weeks ago where I've spent 12 years working. Got a better opportunity. Did not feel anything special until the final week. Cleaning out my desk, saying "see you later" to everyone, knowing that, in time, later eventually often becomes never. All the bad stuff, all the good, when it's all over it really becomes the same in the end.

Would like to hear your experience if you've ever left a job you've been at for a long time! Do you regret not doing it earlier? Have you kept in contact with anyone?
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03-22-2024, 01:32 PM
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Bro it’s just a job, you’re a fukin brokie wagie getting emotionally attached to some peasant 9-5, get a grip

Also lol at spending 10 years at a place
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03-22-2024, 01:40 PM
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Bro it’s just a job, you’re a fukin brokie wagie getting emotionally attached to some peasant 9-5, get a grip

Also lol at spending 10 years at a place
I managed to move around at different positions so it never got that boring. Pay was decent, flexibility was great. You are right though I am far from rich, but not broke either…
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03-22-2024, 01:45 PM
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Better than getting fired/layed off. Dude at my work has been here 33 years. They came in and just said that his position has been eliminated and he's done. Bro had a panic attack on the way home and had to pull over. I personally think he did more than he should have and was being grossly underpaid but to him, it's all he knew. He started working there looking like a teenager at age 22, now he's 55 and just lost.

Yeah, sucks leaving a job you've been there a while, but maybe it was just time.
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03-22-2024, 01:49 PM
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OP the thing you should get emotional about is staying at one job that long.

This isn’t the 50s and 60s where you got a job, stayed for 30 years and got a beautiful wristwatch and pension. Only way to make large pay strides is to move around to different companies.
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03-22-2024, 01:54 PM
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Better than getting fired/layed off. Dude at my work has been here 33 years. They came in and just said that his position has been eliminated and he's done. Bro had a panic attack on the way home and had to pull over. I personally think he did more than he should have and was being grossly underpaid but to him, it's all he knew. He started working there looking like a teenager at age 22, now he's 55 and just lost.

Yeah, sucks leaving a job you've been there a while, but maybe it was just time.
The list of contributions and value added of course increases each year, hard to imagine how much you've added or built working 30+ years at the same place. They could not even find a replacement position for him? Sad for that guy. Being older and losing that job is not just losing an income but also a role in a community you've built.

Yeah it was time for me. New place is not bad by any means.
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03-22-2024, 01:59 PM
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OP the thing you should get emotional about is staying at one job that long.

This isn’t the 50s and 60s where you got a job, stayed for 30 years and got a beautiful wristwatch and pension. Only way to make large pay strides is to move around to different companies.
Yes I believe you are correct. It is not the 50s or 60s but I guess, speaking for myself at least, staying "too long" you of course get some attachment. Especially if you find everyone working there to be, mostly, decent people. Still, life moves on.

People do get watches even today, it might just be trickier to stay!
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03-22-2024, 02:09 PM
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Like the weight of the world was lifted off my shoulders, and that was after getting laid off, not quitting.
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03-22-2024, 02:10 PM
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I tend to do project-based work where projects can last anywhere from 6 months to a year or two, and even just leaving a year-long project is hard when you've been working really closely with a group of good people
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03-22-2024, 02:10 PM
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Like the weight of the world was lifted off my shoulders, and that was after getting laid off, not quitting.
How many years?
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03-22-2024, 02:20 PM
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How many years?
Nine. The last year I was there I would have these frustrating dreams all night every night, like where I would have to find a key to open a door and when I opened it there was another locked door behind it. As soon as I left they went away.
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03-22-2024, 02:26 PM
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Nine. The last year I was there I would have these frustrating dreams all night every night, like where I would have to find a key to open a door and when I opened it there was another locked door behind it. As soon as I left they went away.
That sure is a good number of years. Hope you are doing better now. During stressful times I've had dreams where I am hiding and people try to find me.
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03-22-2024, 02:27 PM
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That sure is a good number of years. Hope you are doing better now. During stressful times I've had dreams where I am hiding and people try to find me.
Much better, thanks. That was 20 years ago.
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03-22-2024, 02:28 PM
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Much better, thanks. That was 20 years ago.
Did you sever completely or do you keep some contacts/positives from that time?
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03-22-2024, 02:49 PM
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I tend to do project-based work where projects can last anywhere from 6 months to a year or two, and even just leaving a year-long project is hard when you've been working really closely with a group of good people
I miss having a close-nit group of coworkers. These days I'm just a number in a massive firm working remotely. Might have to get a second job
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03-22-2024, 03:52 PM
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I miss having a close-nit group of coworkers. These days I'm just a number in a massive firm working remotely. Might have to get a second job
It is tricky to combine WFH with office jobs, so you might end up with two WFH jobs. Just a comment. Are you strictly WFH or do you have an office to go to if you want?
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03-22-2024, 03:59 PM
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Stayed at the same place for 9 years, 4 different positions and 3 different locations. Only thing that was a pain in the ass really was sorting out benefits since everything is completely different. Could probably stay at my current company for 20-30 years till I retire. This ain't the '50s but if you're a tradie, are paid in the upper tier of wages and treated well, may as well stay.
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03-22-2024, 04:02 PM
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ive been at my current job for nearly 13 years. still entry level but sometimes get team lead when senior goes on vacay.

personally right now i wouldnt care to much at all aside from the fact i would have to restart at a lesser wage since im an unskilled normie.

but a few years ago it was decent. got a long with quite a few co workers and joked all day. most of them quit or got fired so now it sucks. im basiclaly the only young guy left as most are all oldie wagies going on 20+ years already and very complacent. feels bad man but i dont know how to break free

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03-22-2024, 04:44 PM
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My job has a somewhat of a high turnover rate. Most of the people I started with either quit, got fired, got promoted, or transferred. Most of the new people I don't really talk to or hangout with. So if I left, which I'm actually thinking about resigning, I probably wouldn't feel anything.
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03-22-2024, 04:59 PM
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They are all little slices of death to a degree, when you lose them.

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