Out of work for over 8 months, and it’s hard out there.
I had a number of interviews where I lost out to an internal candidate…
when I really thought I was going to be hired. I came back, managed to secure a substantial pay increase in the process.
I took the job without hesitation, after being out in a very tough job market. > 50, > 20 years in…. I have a radically different view now of this place.
I’m going to just try to hang on until retirement, I will move afterwards 2 years into a different position, no more loyalty to the area I work in.