If you have a job that you hate to get up and go to I could see why one would leave. When I got out of school I didn't know what I wanted to do. I didn't want to stay on the farm. The Korean War had started and my brother joined the Air Force a few days after we graduated. I put in for a job with the US government testing mostly Army vehicles and their engines on dynanmometer stands. It didn't pay much, but I liked the work. I started as a WG-5 and about 18 months later I was drafted and after serving 2 years in the Army I found out I would be rehired at my old position. Over the years I was protmoted to WG-19 and then we were converted to the GS pay scale where I was a GS-11. Not bad for a kid off the farm with just a high school education. I stayed 43 years and that includes my military time. I worked a lot of overtime and traveled a lot, but that was part of the job. I took my wife along on a lot of those travels. WE will soon be married 58 years. I was offered a lot of positions within the government that paid more money, but that was usually sitting at a desk and I stayed where I enjoyed the work. Hal
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