WayneS (5/6/2016)
David Burrows (5/6/2016)
Grumpy DBA (5/4/2016)
^ I agree with Brandie. Matter of fact that's how I came to my current employer, a former colleague has been here for 8 years and enjoys it. Good work-life balance, on-call is not too stressful (my previous employer's on-call was pure hell), good cohesive team and manager (previous employer: the manager was a 40 year employee and riding it out, didn't give a crap about the team and how dysfunctional it was), workload and new technology is enough to keep things interesting but not overwhelming, really good benefits. Four months in and I am happier than I have been in many years.When I was made redundant and looking for another job, found one that seemed to be a good fit but was gazumped by another ex colleague with a gift of the gab but was all mouth and no trousers. Eventually followed another colleague to my current company and been with them for 33 years and quite happy to boot 🙂
33 years... wow. I sure hope that you have been quite happy with them.
If not, he's got to be one the angriest people alive. 😛
I was with one employer for 15 years and like it most of the time. The stress got to be a killer near the end, so I parted ways amicably. It was hard to do and involved short-term pain for a long-term gain.