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Originally Posted by disneysteve
I'm curious what kind of job this is where the employer can tell you now that they won't be needing you anymore 2 years from now. The first idea that comes to mind is a factory that they plan to close or something like that. Or perhaps a family owned business and the owner will be retiring and liquidating the company.
Anyway, I agree with am_vanquish. You need to start looking for work ASAP. Depending on how large your employer is, 2 years from now there will be a bunch of people suddenly looking for work in your field. Basically, you are now on a sinking ship. The sooner you get off, the better.
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Good points however if the poster changes jobs now, the new job could be cut within 2 years too....kind of like jumping out of the frying pan into the fire...a new job comes with the unknown: when will it end? The current job has the known quantity: 2 years.
Depending upon what the poster does for a job, this could be a very long time or it could be a very short time....I would suggest the OP stay put...a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush type stuff. And for the next two years I would implore the poster to retool in his/her profession by taking night classes, going to seminars, going back to school part time as required to stay leading edge and in front of he crowd that will be looking at the same time.
This is a very delicate situation because at the end of the day one can make a good argument for staying put or leaving....I tend to suggest he/she go with the bird in the hand....too many new jobs bring with them uncertainty.
The best defense is to be the best "fill in the blanks" available to the pool of employers looking for a "fill in the blanks". This means honing one's skills, retooling, or switching careers/vocation all together....this 2 year situation should provide the OP plenty of time to get his retool game on....even with two years, time is of the essence so again I would implore the OP to devise a plan, and excecute it ASAP.
One more thing: To the original poster, I would implore you to slash drastically all descritionary spending as if you have 2 months and not 2 years.....I cannot stress this more....the economy is in the toilet and the so called good news we hear in the news this week is just a bleep on the graph....sure it is welcome but is it the start of a real trend or just a bleep....the word for these times is "prudence"....error on the side of things going off the deep end...