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The job I have now I'm coming up on 10 years (March 6, 2007) and I'm in the process of looking for something better, and yes I will be honest with my boss, and allow him the opportunity to keep me. My loyalties go just so far, and if you get bent over enough times you'll understand from where I speak
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Having been laid off and fired 4 or 5 times myself, I agree 100%
You can only be loyal so far - more importantly you have to do what's in YOUR best interest, because I guarantee your employer will put THEIR best interest ahead of yours when things get tight for them. The last job I left voluntarily I was honest with them and they did try to counter to keep me there, but they understood that I would do what I thought was best for myself and my family.
Jim, I feel your pain. I've been burned out on this whole prepress nightmare for several years now and have been pushing ahead with self-employment plans for quite some time. Moving from one dead-end mess (voluntarily or not) where I'm underpaid, unappreciated and blamed for everything from client mistakes to press op problems got old a long long time ago.
Also, gnubler, I've never had any "akward snags" with anyone. I've worked with co-workers at multiple shops - several press operators at this shop alone, strippers, estimators, salespeople. Seems prepress ops aren't the only people with no job security in the Phoenix area. Pretty much every place I've worked I've known someone or worked with someone that others have worked with etc...
Do what you gotta do.
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