[doodlebugging]

My own personal policy back in the day when I was single, debt-free, and working hourly wage jobs was that when they notice I'm gone they've had all the notice they were gonna get.

Back then, life was too short to spend it somewhere boring. There were too many places to see, things to do, etc. All my employers had my home address at my parent's house for anything they needed to send so if I had a new opportunity come up that sounded better than my current situation I loaded my stuff into my duffle bag, checked out of the motel or folded the tent (whichever I was using at the time) and hit the road. In a four year period I worked from Arkansas to Oregon, south Texas to Montana for more than a dozen companies. Sometimes I was there for months, other times just long enough to find out the guy who hired me lied about the pay rate or other terms of employment. A couple of the companies never paid me for the work I did though I worked in one case for four weeks, dawn to dark-thirty, 7 days a week. The industry was in collapse mode at the time so it was easy for me to write it off and move on.

For a long time I never held any job longer than 3 years. I'd get an itch and start looking around. Then I found myself in the position where I had so much varied experience that friends encouraged me to start consulting. Been doing that for 20 years. Not a bad gig.

Nowadays I'm tied to real estate, taxes, debts, the finest spouse anyone could ever ask for and some great children. It all worked out okay for me.

Companies come and go. Enjoy life while you are young. If that voice in your head tells you to move on, pack up and hit the road. It'll all work out in the end.