Originally Posted by
harrier1231
If you stay in this field, you will most likely work for the major you get hired on at for the rest of your life, no matter how bad it is. Unless you want to start over at the bottom. If your company furloughs or shuts down, well... you have no choice but to start over at the bottom. That is a huge risk in my book. One I am no longer taking.
Exactly right. Even if its GREAT, it can go downhill over time. Management changes can either be good or bad and you're stuck with it unless you want to go to the bottom of someone else's seniority list.