2016/2017 was a 7-5 year for me, I'll admit. I was stagnating in my role, disinterested, and looking to make a change.
In November of 2017 I did make a move within the company. My new role is more interesting, more challenging, higher profile, more directly related to the success of the company, and just by good fortune it also pays better. So far I'm on about a 10-2 trajectory to finish out 2018, which feels great, but it could end up even better than that. Things are really great right now.
So, I didn't get fired at that 7-5 level, but if I turned in three or four years worth of that type of performance, I'd likely be shuffled off the team or out of the company via layoffs. At least in my field, the "real world" isn't that different from coaching, and I'm not making $2M-$8M per year for my efforts. Just sayin...