The Batlord

I guess we can hope that the companies that screwed you paid more in lawyer fees than they got from being dicks.

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Chula Vista

No doubt.

Both the China and US company hired HUGE firms with hundreds of lawyers worldwide while we worked with 2 local guys.

I mean, we did get out-lawyered obviously, which sucks, but their bills are going to be ginormous.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

rostasi

So what's next in your life?

Chula Vista

Consolidated a bunch of debt into a refi - reduced our monthy payment but extended our mortage out another 8 years. Keep skimming our retirement savings to make ends meet (We're both turning 57 this year so it's getting pretty damn close.)

Learning to live with Wall-Mart brand foods (UGH so much of their **** sucks ass) and cutting everything else to the bone.

I have a healthy 401K that I can cash out at a huge tax loss if the **** hits the fan. And if I do have a heart attack and croak, Linda's going to be fine for the rest of her life because of life insurance.

Other than that? Drinks are on me!

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

rostasi

Did you say that you still keep your current job,
but at a reduced salary? ...and, if so, is the handwriting
on the wall that it may be time to move on to something else?

Cuthbert

I'm guessing you had an ECG on your heart? Sounds like what I had a few years ago mate.

Hope you're ok Chula.

The Batlord

Somewhat different, but in many ways the same thing with my mom. Comfortable job for like two decades, then a new ******* boss shows up and all of a sudden she's leaving and now has little to no desirable prospects cause she's around 50. There's a lot more **** to it than that, but yeah, pretty much in the blink of an eye all of your decades of hard work can be made worthless.

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Frownland

He's going to join Wolves in Sheepskin and change the world.

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Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.

Chula Vista

Not sure how to read this so please spell it out for me.

Yes, I still have my current job. I'm one of only 3 remaining employees from what was 35 a few years ago.

I have no high school diploma or college degree. My entire career is built on experience and reputation. I'm gonna be 57 and my skills are beginning to dimminish (putting it lightly), and there's a ton of snot nosed brats graduating from college next year who will do my job for even less than the diminished salary I'm having to accept under the conditions.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Oriphiel

ftfy

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