My perspective looking back on 30 years is this… I somewhat got paid for what I did, I was always able to eat and pay the bills but not much more than being able to live in the moment Got scammed by the company a few times, got ****ed by the economy and world events a few times. I guess if you were expecting much more than that you should find another profession is my advice Now if the company comes up with a nice early out proposition I will quietly slide into the sunset and forget the whole thing