I don't want to sound like an asshole, but why did you dedicate 20 years to a company? Stuck in a shitty location/education that only gets you employed in a few companies?

[–] beetus@lemmy.world 43 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'm nearly at 7 with my employer and I've found the situation to be quite good and I see no sign yet to jump ship. There's still good gigs out there.

I'm sure the person you are responding to had good reason to stick around 20 years. It's possible only recently did the math not work out for them.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There's definitely something to be said about having a job that doesn't suck too bad, pay is ok and raises keep up somewhat (though of course not as much as it would via job hopping), coworkers are alright, commute isn't terrible. And then you wake up one day and realize that 20 years went by.

[–] Doxatek@mander.xyz 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is pretty accurate. For my current field I'm tethered to just a handful of locations in the country I could work at. This sounds like it will describe my situation in a decade or two as long as they don't get rid of me before

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago

They're definitely out there. My mom, before she retired, was a very driven career-oriented woman, and was with her last company for a shade under 20 years. She always had head hunters after her (sales manager), but the company took damned good care of her and her team, so she never felt compelled to go anywhere else.

[–] BaldManGoomba@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Probably bought a house and the industry he works in doesn't have much competition or his skills doesn't transfer. Also change is hard and they could be starting over. 20 years ago the dream was still in people's eyes and they had pensions still

[–] MalachaiConstant@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

I grew up hearing about company loyalty. That world does exist anymore but the business world really wants you to believe it does

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 25 points 6 months ago

You deserve better. There's lots of good info on how to leave a toxic work place, and how to highlight your skills. Don't give those guys another second of your time. I left a tough place that I'd been at for 10 years, and it was the best thing I did for my life.