thyme4change
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Post by thyme4change on Mar 25, 2014 20:56:52 GMT -5
I have a few reasons. It is very close to my house, so I don't waste a lot of time commuting, and I can leave at 4 and still have my daughter at dance by 4:30, with time to spare (Even change into jeans before driving her up.) Also, anyone that has any say about my value and future with the company lives in another state - so I get a lot of flexibility and autonomy. And - finally - my boss is awesome. I am terrified that he will retire and I will have to work for someone else. He and I are workplace/professional ying and yang. I'm really strong at things he is a little weaker in (technology and skills for data and data manipulation) and he is strong where I am weaker (accounting legalities and office politics) and we are both strong at understanding financial data and how it effects the business. Plus, he laughs at all my jokes.
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raeoflyte
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Post by raeoflyte on Mar 26, 2014 6:27:08 GMT -5
Because I can't figure out anything else to do to make a similar income.
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Anne_in_VA
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Mar 26, 2014 12:13:02 GMT -5
I lucked into this job and really like it. Good pay, good benefits and I'm able to telecommute 3 days a week. I get to travel several times a year for conferences to interesting cities.
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genericname
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Post by genericname on Mar 26, 2014 13:34:58 GMT -5
I lucked into this job, too. I keep it for the satisfaction of putting bad guys in jail, the great pay and benefits, and my boss rocks the house as a boss. He truly is a "sh!it umbrella" because he keeps the stuff that's rolling down hill from raining down on us.
If I could afford to send both kids to private school and a little travel on just my DH salary, I think I would quit even though it's a good job. But since that will never happen, I will punch the clock for 13 more years until I can retire. Now, if we move to a better school district and DH gets a bit of a raise, I may check out earlier.
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ginpin
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Post by ginpin on Mar 26, 2014 20:33:46 GMT -5
Because I can't figure out anything else to do to make a similar income. Sent from my ADR6410LVW using proboards Me too.
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swamp
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THEY’RE EATING THE DOGS!!!!!!!
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Post by swamp on Mar 27, 2014 6:47:39 GMT -5
Because I can't figure out anything else to do to make a similar income. Sent from my ADR6410LVW using proboards Bingo
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genericname
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Post by genericname on Mar 28, 2014 11:24:08 GMT -5
I lucked into this job, too. I keep it for the satisfaction of putting bad guys in jail, the great pay and benefits, and my boss rocks the house as a boss. He truly is a "sh!it umbrella" because he keeps the stuff that's rolling down hill from raining down on us.
If I could afford to send both kids to private school and a little travel on just my DH salary, I think I would quit even though it's a good job. But since that will never happen, I will punch the clock for 13 more years until I can retire. Now, if we move to a better school district and DH gets a bit of a raise, I may check out earlier. Sounds like a good job - can you let me know when the position comes open? Air Force OSI is hiring. Look on the AFOSI website.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2014 13:21:00 GMT -5
I'm also unhappily retired.
When I worked, it was for people contact, and the feeling of accomplishment, and the e feeling of socking away money for future security.
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Sunnyday
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Post by Sunnyday on Mar 28, 2014 14:47:42 GMT -5
I have no idea why I do what I do, but I would be willing to do anything else if they paid me more.
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Knee Deep in Water Chloe
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Mar 28, 2014 23:17:15 GMT -5
I have a job because when I didn't I couldn't afford to feed my children or put gas in the car. At some point, living in poverty wasn't any fun at all.
I do what i do because my life philosophy is that I need to make a contribution to society that has a significant positive impact. IMO, medicine and education have the most significant positive impact on humanity. Innards gross me out and whiny people annoy me, so education has become, other than parenting, my passion and life's work.
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qofcc
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Post by qofcc on Mar 29, 2014 6:42:08 GMT -5
Because I can't figure out anything else to do to make a similar income. Sent from my ADR6410LVW using proboards Exactly.
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achelois
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Post by achelois on Mar 29, 2014 15:57:36 GMT -5
I like sticking needles and tubes into people and getting paid well to do it. Unfortunately, all the recent changes to healthcare have sucked the life right out of it. That and some of the newer surgeons we got are dicks and I no longer have to put up with it.
Younger people, who know any different, will not mind, but I do.
Retiring in three months and counting down the days...I feel like I am escaping a long term abusive marriage.
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Jake 48
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keeping the faith
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Post by Jake 48 on Mar 29, 2014 17:07:28 GMT -5
the chicks, women constantly coming up to saying " take me stud and father my children"............ then I wake up
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Mar 29, 2014 17:18:55 GMT -5
I stumbled onto my previous profession and I very much enjoyed it, despite the initial lousy pay. I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I knew what I did NOT want to do.
My nephew emailed me several months ago, asking what I thought of him taking the same field of study. I told him that I thought it was a bad idea.
If I knew then what I know now, I would have done things differently.
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genericname
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Post by genericname on Mar 31, 2014 8:27:26 GMT -5
Air Force OSI is hiring. Look on the AFOSI website. Thanks for the tip! I was semi-joking in my post - right now the plan is for my wife to get a teaching job ~somewhere~ and then I'll follow and find whatever job in that same area. Ideally she'll get hired by DoDS-overseas since we like to travel and then I could get a GS job on base (also the pay is much better for teachers that way), but that's the best case scenario. Anyway, she's been a stay-at-home-mom for about 15 years and feels strongly about these career aspirations so my job will be secondary to hers. Good luck to both of you, sounds like a good plan! She might want to look into teaching jobs in Wyoming - they are some of the highest paid in the States, and F.E. Warren AFB in Cheyenne has a large contingent of DoD jobs available for civilians. It might be a good way to get a foot in the door, so to speak. Wyoming is a good place to be - if you are into outdoorsy type stuff. It's not a place for those who are into the big city scene, but it fits for the right people.
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