I've been working at my current job for over four and a half years, longer than I have worked anywhere else. It will be five years this June. Over that time I have had some good times and bad times but overall never really considered leaving as I felt I had a good thing going.
However lately things have not been as good. I wouldn't say bad, and boring is not the right word. More like the work has gotten into a rut. Or maybe I have, I'm not sure. The main thing is I'm not as happy as I once was and a part of me is seriously considering searching for a new job, a new challenge.
The downside of looking for new work is dealing with uncertainty that a new company and position bring. After all, things are not so bad here when you consider the company is stable, I'm respected by my co-workers, and the yearly bonus is a significant amount of scratch. The bonus thing especially makes me want to stay because they pay it out after the fiscal year in two installments; you leave before they pay out the first installment, you don't get any of your bonus for the last year. You leave before the second installment, you don't get that one. You wait until both installments are paid and its almost the end of the new fiscal year and you are back to where you started. Quite sneaky really.
So leaving this job means giving up earned respect, job security, and whatever is left of my bonus for basically the unknown. Last time I did that leaving MicroAge in Toronto for Formark in Ottawa I worked for seven months and then got laid off for a 5 month period. Not exactly the most stellar time of my life let me assure you.
So I'm left to consider alternatives, weigh options, and hope that things improve here soon so it all becomes a moot point.
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