Where Is Your Next Job?

[scottsee]

landed at a great place 6 months ago. See myself maturing here for the next 5+ years.. 

[killabee]

I've been actually thinking about this for the past few months...

First and foremost, one with no on-call responsibility (still in the networking arena).  I'm getting to the point where I DON'T want my personal life invaded with after hours calls.  I'm still OK with maintenance windows. 

Other than that, one with various networking gear and technology and is very progressive with keeping up with technology.  Perhaps one that heavily embraces "next generation networking" (e.g. SDN, automation, orchestration, programmability, blah blah blah)

Any ideas?

[wintermute000]

Consulting/professional services. The only fires you put out are the ones you start, and as you say, you don't mind planned maintenance windows.

[config t]

The following is a true story..

I had to leave company A in order to get away from the location they had me in. It literally said in my personnel record that I was too valuable to transfer (flattering, but frustrating).

Company B has me working side by side with Company A personnel in the Tier II network shop. Company A now has two vacancies in said shop and wants to re-hire me. Effectively I will come to work, sit at the same desk, and do the same job, but for 30k more per year.

The irony here is that this is the job I was trying to transfer to in the first place 

[routerdork]

The following is a true story..

I had to leave company A in order to get away from the location they had me in. It literally said in my personnel record that I was too valuable to transfer (flattering, but frustrating).

Company B has me working side by side with Company A personnel in the Tier II network shop. Company A now has two vacancies in said shop and wants to re-hire me. Effectively I will come to work, sit at the same desk, and do the same job, but for 30k more per year.

The irony here is that this is the job I was trying to transfer to in the first place 

Some companies just don't get it. 

[deanwebb]

I really hate that kind of insanity... but it's an ISO 9001 documented GxP process, so it's the BEST! WAY! to do things, right?

[NetworkGroover]

The following is a true story..

I had to leave company A in order to get away from the location they had me in. It literally said in my personnel record that I was too valuable to transfer (flattering, but frustrating).

Company B has me working side by side with Company A personnel in the Tier II network shop. Company A now has two vacancies in said shop and wants to re-hire me. Effectively I will come to work, sit at the same desk, and do the same job, but for 30k more per year.

The irony here is that this is the job I was trying to transfer to in the first place 

I'm not even surprised.  This is typical in the San Diego area.  I used to subcontract for AT&T and they straight up told me when I turned in my 2-week notice that they weren't surprised at all and that there's no structure in place for meaningful raises - no matter how much you improve your skillset or how valuable you are.  Company policy just doesn't allow it.

HP was the prime on the contract, and several employees there did something very similar to you... hated life, couldn't get promoted, left for 6 months then came back making 30k-40k more in a new role..... lol.