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PSA: I was sure I'd never leave a 12 year job, then a 20 minute talk in the break room flipped it
I swore for years I would retire at the plant in Dayton where I started at 22. Last March a guy on my shift named Ray quit after 19 years and told me his last paycheck felt exactly the same as the first one, and that line sat with me for weeks. I ran the math on my own check from 2018 versus now and after insurance it was $43 less per month, which I never noticed because I never looked. I put in my notice 5 weeks later for a job that pays about the same but has a pension and a 15 minute commute instead of 50. Anyone else here stayed somewhere way too long just because leaving felt like losing?
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daniel1405d ago
So a guy quits and suddenly your whole life needs to change? Ray's line about the paycheck sounding the same is catchy but it's also nonsense, a check is a check, that's not some deep truth. You had 12 years of seniority, a setup you knew, people who had your back, and you traded it for a pension promise and a shorter drive. Pensions get frozen and cut all the time, and new guys are always the first ones shown the door when things get tight. That $43 a month you lost? You probably lost more than that in raise bumps you gave up by starting over at the bottom. Staying put is not losing, it's called having something solid.
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