Would you take a buyout?

Definitely.

 

Nope. That's not nearly enough at my age. Based on that formula, what I'd settle for is about what I could make working another two years and I'd be giving up another potential 15-18 years of income. Triple it and maybe we'll talk.

 

good for you EE. i hope everything works out well for you. please keep us, or me at least, updated how things work out. i mean that.

 

I've thought about it, but I've only been at this paper for three years. At 47, six weeks salary wouldn't entice me, but six months would. I'd send the wife back to work, apply for unemployment and become a stay-at-home dad who strings as much as possible.

 

It'd be three months for me, and that wouldn't be enough, because if it was that easy for me to get another job, I'd already have it. All the professions in which I'm allegedly talented have few openings or much better people than me in the running.

On the other hand, if they're offering, maybe that means in two months they come to me and say "your services are no longer needed; we've taken the liberty of packing your personal effects, so please leave the premises immediately. and thank you for your service to our company." At which point I wish I had the three months of pay.

So I dunno.