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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
My sincerest sympathies for your situation, and a word of advice: Don't walk until you have a Plan B fully operational and ready to launch. I once walked out of a good paying job into long months of unemployment and uncertainty. I'd never had a problem in my life getting a job before I did that, but I suddenly found that things had changed. Potential employers now said that either I was over-qualified or that they couldn't afford to pay me what I had been earning and didn't want to hire me for less for fear I'd leave the first the moment a better opportunity came along. It's not a very comfortable place to be.
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Thanks guys for all the sympathy & good advice.
Yes, astonishing as it seems, I realize the world is not waiting with bated breath for me to re-enter the employment market, and that not everyone has such a high regard for my work ethic and qualifications .... as I do. So I am in the process of launching Plan B:
1. Stay sane & alive until bonus check is in the bank.
2. Use bonus check to assist in updating my job skills - particularly becoming proficient again in QuickBooks - my current company uses a separate proprietary business accounting software and my QuickBooks skills have become rusty.
3. Start "feeling out" the local jobs environment during December - as local business folk stop in for holiday greetings, etc.
4. Establish a beginning network of references and information sources.
Whew! I'm tired already .... but ready to begin ...