Like yourself I have been leaving my job for the past 8 years I have been there! In fact I did secure another job 6 years ago and literally was due to start it on the Monday when on the Friday my boss called me into the office and informed me a few colleagues had told him he would be a fool to let me go. So with that he made me an offer to stay and I'm still there!
Only problem with my job is although I am on 23,000+ a year, about 5,000 of that is made up by things like shift pay, non sickness bonus etc etc........ Although it all goes on to my earnings a year and last year I earnt just a few pound short of £25000. Not great but for someone who left school at 15 and has no qualifications it's about all I can earn with my skills.