[Humphrey Hacker]

Strange thing to say.
Anybody who works at a job and sticks it out for months will be upset when it gets pulled for whatever reason (the story of Wilko is the obvious example here) as you stick your own mark on things.  If somebody isn't upset when they go then either they aren't human or something's happened that makes you glad to go (any compassionate person would at least play the "sorry I'm leaving" card, even if they aren't). 

A previous job I held onto for nearly 13 years, got a bit of promotion along the way and redundancy came along.  Was I happy about that?  No, course I wasn't (if i was 68 and due to retire anyway, maybe I would have been, but retirement isn't an option at 36 so...).  Was I upset about leaving?  Yes, but the writing was on the wall so it wasn't a total surprise to me.  Sometimes you can see these things coming.  Anyway I found another work opportunity six months later and I'm still there six years later.

Job for life hasn't been a thing for years since long before BSB, I'm already on my fourth career job as it is, and I'm half expecting to change again (by choice or otherwise) at least twice before I get to retire.

The 'Job for life'  was inspired by the book about Al Jazeera written by Hugo Miles. The consensus being that if people had a job with the BBC then that would be for a considerable amount of time but that was in 1996 so obviously things have altered so it be strange now but not then.

My last job (social media) ended earlier this year when I was called into the boss's office and told that was it which after 5 and a half years felt like a kick in the teeth. (I wasn't even allowed to say goodbye) Right now I'm volunteering in the hope I can change careers at 45!