Not sure what it is. I stay somewhere a little while and then I start wondering if I can do better, or make more, or look for a more modern workplace. I have changed jobs many times in the last 10 years. Luckily having a background that I have has enabled me to find work throughout the country. However all of it at a cost to me of not vesting in any one place.
I do try to save as much as I can though. Currently contributing 15% of may take home pay. The company has a weird pension system, that I’m required to contribute just over 9% to. The pension basically pays out 2% for each year you work, of course only if you vest. Given my age, I would have to work till I’m 70 just to get 20 years. I am allowed to buy 5 years, but its not cheap.
Yet none of that matters if I can’t stay long enough to vest and since i’m currently considering if I’m in the wright job. We’ll you get the picture. The endless cycle of self annihilation.
Having worked at a few places that were very modern or forward thinking on how they treat employees, I’ve come to realize that is worth its weight in gold. I’f I could go back to the last one that I left, I would never leave again. I was tempted by more money only to find myself in a total hateful work environment. If you find yourself in a job that doesn’t hold you to a clock and is open and collaborative and treats everyone as equals, Stay there!