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01-07-2014, 05:23 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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I worked on a 9 month consulting contract (VP Ops), and, near the end they appointed me interim CEO. That lasted for 6 months, but they kept me on in parallel for another 6 months. I used the time to rebuild my network in preparation for the next consulting assignment.
It was difficult for me to watch the new CEO screw up. I tried to suggest things but he was not listening. I considered going to the Board, but finally rejected the idea since it really did not matter to me. They had made the decision and had to live with the consequences. Such an action would have been above my pay grade.
(They lost a major account that I had fought successfully to save.)
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01-07-2014, 05:52 PM
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#82
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Well, I finally talked to the decision maker at the top of my chain this morning. He was complimentary and said that the goobersmoochers hobnobbed and decided that they could not make an attractive enough offer to me to keep me and it would probably be a bad idea to try. Unusually perceptive for this crew.
This afternoon my buddy and I called our major "client" to tell them that I would no longer be facing them in my current role. Our main contact is someone who I would hate to plan poker against him as I can never tell what he in thinking and true to form he gave no indication how he felt either way (although he was complimentary as well). Not 30 minutes later I got a LinkedIn invitation with one of the people I have been dealing with at this shop. Unfortunately for them, I cannot do anything for money with them for a year after employment ends. They would probably like to hire me and I would actually enjoy consulting with them.
Seems my remaining days will be drama free and light in duties.
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Ezekiel 23:20
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01-07-2014, 06:08 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Southern California
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Well, then I suspect you now finally feel like you are really going to retire Brewer, so congratulations for that! And to think it only took 14,423 posts in the Early Retirement forum for you to get there!
Once the dust settles you'll have to let us all know what it feels like to be free. Congratulations again!
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01-07-2014, 07:26 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Originally Posted by brewer12345
Seems my remaining days will be drama free and light in duties.
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I'm happy for you, Brewer.
Congrats.
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No doubt a continuous prosperity, though spendthrift, is preferable to an economy thriftily moral, though lean. Nevertheless, that prosperity would seem more soundly shored if, by a saving grace, more of us had the grace to save.
Life Magazine editorial, 1956
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01-07-2014, 07:53 PM
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#85
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Congratulations! You have been dreaming if this for a long time. I hope ER is everything you have hoped for.
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01-07-2014, 09:10 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Very good outcome, Brewer. Looks like the road ahead is clear! Congratulations. Hope you enjoy the improved future that you have planned for yourself and your family. 
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Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harbourless immensities. - - H. Melville, 1851.
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01-08-2014, 07:48 AM
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Quote:
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my remaining days will be drama free and light in duties.
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Hey, drama is something you have to create for yourself!
Seriously, glad it worked out well for you. Welcome to the wonderful world of the perpetual weekend.
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01-08-2014, 08:00 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Here is hoping for drama free and light duties last days. Enjoy your freedom, your family will love having you more available to them.
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01-08-2014, 08:01 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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Congratulations.
I did not get a counter offer but I did get (out of the blue) a layoff package for the same day I am retiring. It seems that megacorp (for whom I have worked just shy of three years), would rather pay me a severance package and then be able to eliminate a position rather than have me retire and leave an open position. Sure, give me a check for low 5 figures, six months of medical coverage and some other stuff for free.
I am too cheap to live but with that much found money I am buying a new lathe.
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01-08-2014, 08:28 AM
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Now that it is all settled, I am just exhausted. Taking DD to an orthodontist appointment then buggering off to the woods. I suspect I will be doing a lot of dozing at the base of a tree waiting for critters to show up rather than chasing them.
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Ezekiel 23:20
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01-08-2014, 09:32 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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I was in your situation with a govt agency years ago. It was exactly 11 months after I left an employer subject to their supervision contacted me. One year, to the day, I was back to work.
You can acknowledge your former relationship in a nice way and remind them (as if they didn't already know) that you are on ice for a year. Don't let your technical skills go stale. Whether or not you go back to work in the industry that knowledge will be of great use. I did consulting in my field for many years.
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01-08-2014, 09:35 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by brewer12345
Now that it is all settled, I am just exhausted. Taking DD to an orthodontist appointment then buggering off to the woods. I suspect I will be doing a lot of dozing at the base of a tree waiting for critters to show up rather than chasing them.
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Congrats. It has been a long long road to get here. I'm glad the drama has ended and the relief can begin.
Enjoy the woods!
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01-08-2014, 10:25 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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I notice that a recruiter has already congratulated you on LinkedIn . . . 
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01-08-2014, 10:36 AM
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He is actually my godfather.
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01-08-2014, 10:40 AM
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gone traveling
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Good luck Brewer. Are you going to celebrate with some colorado cannibis
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01-08-2014, 10:48 AM
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#96
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I feel like I just want to sleep for a week.
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01-08-2014, 12:04 PM
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Sleep is a GOOD thing.
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01-08-2014, 12:06 PM
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Congratulations Brewer, and all the very best as you start a new phase of your life 
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01-08-2014, 01:13 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Congratulations Brewer! Get rested up and let the stress go and then move on with enjoying everything out there life has to offer. 
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01-08-2014, 02:15 PM
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#100
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Make sure to come back here the moment you feel any boredom or anxiety!
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