north east call center worker hear. i have a good job and make 70k+ a year and overall am content. but there was no new hiring in new contract. i worry that i loose more coworkers in buyouts and qutiign firings each year and when 2023 comes around there will be no one lefdt anyway. i dont have a degree and not sure what else a mid 40 y/o man can do.. not mcuh experience outside of verizon.
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70k working in a call center ? This is why they are moving this position overseas. You need to get some updated education/skills as you will likely not find a job with same pay if they cut you loose. Good luck.
A 40 something year old wire line person will do just fine . You should have 20 some odd years in. Ride it till the end. Have them pay for a degree or get an additional one over the next 4 years. You will do fine. The company owes all us members a great deal of money and their bill grows daily. I am eligible to leave now but want them to fill my loot bag to the maximum as I have no intention of working on anything other than hobbies after my tenure here. There is no reason to let them off easy, get a degree, max the K plan and work OT. Anyone member can get out as a millionaire.
Step 1. Learn to use proper grammar.
Step 2. Ride it til August 2023 like the rest of us are. Grow your own vegetables. Pay off all outstanding loans highest APR's first.
Step 3. Cut all unnecessary expenses (bye cable, credit cards, expensive loans, eating out, Netflix, you name it).
Step 4. Retire in a state like Mississippi. Cheap living and low taxes.
If you’re on the wire line side which sounds like you are I would get out now. Easier to find a job now than 50. Wire line is on life support.
70k?! That's awesome. I am a bit jealous but good for you.
While you are working, get your degree from college or go to a trade school, Go to a new industry, get out of telecom. Ageism is a fact and will affect you in your mid-40's. I know of too many of the recent people let go or vsp, with BS's or MBA's still have not found work yet. Please have a plan B. Best of luck to you.
Got my MBA courtesy of Verizon taking online classes. You can do the same. Good luck 🍀
Its time to get that degree... your never to old. Verizon gives 8k a year. Get that degree on them. You are right Verizon is planning something for sure.
maybe a dog catcher
Mid 40 is not that bad to start all over