I have worked at my job for 20 years now and I believe that I have taken it as far as I can, in fact it has dropped back to rock bottom within the past couple of years. When I first hired on I hated the job position where I started. My plan was to do that job for a while then transfer into a better position and that's what I did, the year before last they had a layoff and got rid of the guy that was doing the job that I hate. They pulled me off my job and put me in his spot and there is no chance to transfer out again because when some one leaves they don't replace them. After all the years I worked for them they did not ask if I wanted it or not they just put me there despite the fact I had been at my job longer than anyone else on my crew. And I resent the shit out of it! The only good part is that I have kept my old job title and did not have to take a pay cut. *by the way, no one in my dept. has had any kind of a pay raise since 2006* I have found another job but I would occasionally be gone a month at a time, and I would have to purchase a fair amount of equipment, but would pay a quite a bit more and the equip. would pay for itself pretty quickly. It's a quite a bit to think about and I'm thinking about it while I research the equip. cost and such. .....It would be great to tell my current employer to go piss up a rope! >=3