Amethyst
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Gee, I'd think almost any employer would appreciate that you have a track record of working hard.
Suspect employers know the difference between 1) "I'm a highly qualified [insert profession] who's in between jobs, and I'm willing to take your $8 an hour thing until I find something better" and 2) "I retired from my high-stress [profession], and now I just want the chance to do a good job at something that's interesting but I don't have to take it home with me."
Not that I have any jobs to offer, but if I did, I'd be interested in hiring example No. 2.
Amethyst
Suspect employers know the difference between 1) "I'm a highly qualified [insert profession] who's in between jobs, and I'm willing to take your $8 an hour thing until I find something better" and 2) "I retired from my high-stress [profession], and now I just want the chance to do a good job at something that's interesting but I don't have to take it home with me."
Not that I have any jobs to offer, but if I did, I'd be interested in hiring example No. 2.
Amethyst
THis concerns me a bit. Not because I ever plan to take an $8 customer support job, but because I do see us at a point within 2-3 years where I can leave my high stress, high-BS corporate grind and do something a little more enjoyable, a little more mindless and a lot less stressful. If things go according our household plan, I wouldn't even much care if it was $10-12 an hour with no benefits (and bonus points if I could do it part-time).
The point is, by the time I'm 50 I expect to be able to chuck this good paying but stressful and soul-sucking corporate gig and do something else. The problem is that the "something else" would be something I'd be considered "grossly overqualified" for, based on education, experience and salary history. How could I convince them "no, no, I don't WANT those high-pay, high-stress gigs any more? I *want* to downshift."