| Author | Message | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1479 Registered: 11-2003 |
Today is my 25th anniversary with my company. There have been ups and downs but it really is a great place to be. It sure doesn't seem that long looking back. Maybe another 5 and I'll call it a day. Maybe. | ||
| keith_h
Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 1327 Registered: 2-2005 |
Sam, Congrats on your anniversary. Not many folks make that many years with the same company these days. I hear you on the might call it a day. I've got 30 years next month and am trying to decide if it is time to call it a day and do something different. Keith | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2333 Registered: 10-2002 |
Congratulations Sam. 25 years is a heck of a long time. I've been with my current employer for 11 1/2 and they've just announced they're to lose 690 posts at my level. Woohoo ;-( Graeme | ||
| georgie_boy
Senior Member Username: georgie_boy Post Number: 886 Registered: 8-2005 |
Congrats Sam!! George | ||
| gare
Senior Member Username: gare Post Number: 453 Registered: 11-2003 |
Congrats Sam Like Keith said, not many people can claim that now days. When I hit 30 yrs I called it a life..thought that was long enough doing same thing. But in todays economic markets it's a hard call. Gary | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1480 Registered: 11-2003 |
Gentlemen, thanks for the kind words. I have to say, George, I was hoping for a photo of you in your SET gear! Good luck with the cutbacks, Graeme. I know how that is. I survived two layoffs, one in 1989 and again this past spring. Tense times indeed. | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 944 Registered: 11-2004 |
I worked for ICI here in Teesside, I joined in 1988 when it was all still good. My late uncle told me that I would never work for a better company, mortgage brokers, banks would give you loans on the basis that you worked for ICI. No other pension company could compete with their fund. It was a job for life, loads of benefits.I didn't even make 20 years with ICI. Now we are in our 3rd takeover and I don't care anymore, at this latest takeover we got the talk off the MD..as far as I am concerned it's the same speil with different faces and branding. Sam..you are one of the lucky ones to go so long with a company which obviously cares or you wouldn't have stayed there. I don't give a s**t about companies..as long as I get a pay check at the end of the month and they are happy with my work. Bitter,,not me(LOL) | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1213 Registered: 6-2002 |
Congrats again, Sam. Paychecks are good... so's a roof over your head and 3 squares a day.  I guess we did get fooled again... Mike | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1482 Registered: 11-2003 |
Paychecks, a roof, meals, and lots of gear including two Alembics |
