[sjg007]

In the long term, you may not want to switch companies. It forces upon you a whole lot of unexpected costs, even accounting for a higher pay.

[ivl]

And staying at the same employer indefinitely is a sort of soul crushing purgatory in my mind. Software work is one of the few industries where you can completely change the business problem you're addressing by changing employers without your skill set being irrelevant. I love the fact that if I grow tired of the industry the company I'm working at is servicing, I can easily move to another employer with a totally different business problem.

[sjg007]

Having a union doesn't change that option for you.

[zaroth]

It certainly would when the union implements seniority based protocols.

[sjg007]

Good thing you could choose to work somewhere else then.