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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SeniorGeek" data-source="post: 126046" data-attributes="member: 4823">(Rather than quote all that text, I replaced the quote with a link.)My experience was the same in some respects, and quite different in others....I left TSG in February 2006. However, I did not have to volunteer to go, because the guy ahead of me took the last of the UPS positions. But I had already made the decision to leave.I thought it would take a long time to get a job. I collected one week of unemployment (which means I had two weeks off before starting the new job).Human networking worked for me: My wife told people about my impending situation, and one of them happened to know of a startup company that was looking for tech support.I interviewed well. My preparation for the job search concentrated on selling myself - something that has been a weak point in the past. This small company had no in-house technical expertise, and the interview was not like the usual corporate tech-job interview. I think the line, "Tech support is about supporting people" is what got them.Benefits are not as good overall. I like the medical coverage better here, most of the other benefits are not as good as UPS. It will take me 5 years to get back to having the amount of vacation to which I have become accustomed.I have more responsibility than I had at UPS. I am the IS Department.I am making a lot more money. (This company pays well to overcome the relative lack of benefits. I got a 45% raise from my UPS pay. And another 3% after 8 months. There is a profit sharing plan, but that does not kick in until we start showing a profit....)I also miss the people I worked alongside. However, many of us - both former and still-current UPS TSG - subscribe to a mail list. We techies keep in touch electronically. Some of us get together one evening each month, too.</blockquote>

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