thats what i was going to say, i also wanted to add that now might my be a good time to start selling some of your good work! might never have to work again :)
Well Ralph, many times a forced change is just what you need. I worked for the same company 20 years. Had a great job. Responsibility, travel, benefits and a heck of a lot of money.........then poof...out of business. I was about your age and that makes it hard to get a good job sometimes. So, I made my own job and never looked back. Best thing that ever happened as far as employment goes. Good luck, it may be for you too. David
Well Ralph, many times a forced change is just what you need. I worked for the same company 20 years. Had a great job. Responsibility, travel, benefits and a heck of a lot of money.........then poof...out of business. I was about your age and that makes it hard to get a good job sometimes. So, I made my own job and never looked back. Best thing that ever happened as far as employment goes. Good luck, it may be for you too. David
Roughly same story here. Mergers, downsizing and consolidation forced me out of several jobs that I was comfortable in, but every move out was a move up and one I probably never would have taken on my own.
Self employment has it's problems, but at least I get to decide if I should get laid off or not. - - - whew, one little typo and that sentence could've came out all wrong! ;-)
Same as kpriest and David Ey... worked for the big guys for 20+ years, flying high. Then came the slaugter nicknamed Downsizing. I volunteered to go to save the job of a man who could not afford to go. Opened my own practice and worked for the toughest boss on earth, one with no compassion, no reason, no stop. Me. But that change changed my life, opened up my mind and eyes.
If I may say, it's truely not what happens to us, it' how we deal with it.
Hang in there and consider self employment.... Tough but with benefits no one can believe. Preferably a cash business....;-)
odd you know
i'm looking forward to trying something new - some place i can think, be creative, etc ... though at the same time since i was at the same company since inception i really hoped it would go someplace --
wile in rant mode - this company had a 3/1 peon to manager ratio & at one point we even were 2/1 ..
talk about shooting our selves in the foot to start ..
odd you know
i'm looking forward to trying something new - some place i can think, be creative, etc ... though at the same time since i was at the same company since inception i really hoped it would go someplace --
wile in rant mode - this company had a 3/1 peon to manager ratio & at one point we even were 2/1 ..
talk about shooting our selves in the foot to start ..
That's what happens to a lot of companies. I worked for a software startup. Was employee #10, worked my butt off managing IT during growth in 5 years to over 700 people, managed 3 office moves, setting up remote offices, building technical infrastructure - averaged 13 hours a day, 6 days a week. The company became very successful and we went public in 1998 (good time for IPO!), but execs got big-headed and bit off more than they could chew acquiring other companies with no execution strategy, hiring high-powered execs all over the place. Then started to bleed employees, then layoffs. I was still working at least 12 hour days and I realized it was time to go - that was the only job I left on my own.
Great experience, no regrets, but glad I moved on. It will definitely work out for the better for you Ralph. If you have a little financial security and time, start by thinking about what you really want to do - like you mentioned, something creative - and go for it!
odd you know
i'm looking forward to trying something new - some place i can think, be creative, etc ... though at the same time since i was at the same company since inception i really hoped it would go someplace --
wile in rant mode - this company had a 3/1 peon to manager ratio & at one point we even were 2/1 ..
talk about shooting our selves in the foot to start ..
That's what happens to a lot of companies. I worked for a software startup. Was employee #10, worked my butt off managing IT during growth in 5 years to over 700 people, managed 3 office moves, setting up remote offices, building technical infrastructure - averaged 13 hours a day, 6 days a week. The company became very successful and we went public in 1998 (good time for IPO!), but execs got big-headed and bit off more than they could chew acquiring other companies with no execution strategy, hiring high-powered execs all over the place. Then started to bleed employees, then layoffs. I was still working at least 12 hour days and I realized it was time to go - that was the only job I left on my own.
Great experience, no regrets, but glad I moved on. It will definitely work out for the better for you Ralph. If you have a little financial security and time, start by thinking about what you really want to do - like you mentioned, something creative - and go for it!
Best of luck - keep us posted!
i won't go into all the gritty stories -- after all 'they' may still pull out butts out of the fire ;) - i skipped most of the upheaval of the IT revolution by staying in low pay education IT jobs - this is my first 'real life' job in a long long time -- no loss --
my wife works and doing well - just the kids are young & i ain't ;) so not a time to start something new ... .. sorry just whineing
just might be a life style change ;) good thing i already have a camera !!
yee haaa...
