msbearkeley
Recycles dryer sheets
- Joined
- Sep 4, 2007
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- 51
Knowing that working your way up the ladder isn't the most important thing in life anymore, why is it so hard to take a step 'down', step 'aside' and let someone pass you by in order to be able to work less / live more as you got serious about retirement?
Target retirement date is on or before 11/16/2012, so why am I so worried about not having the 'TOP' job? My company just went through a merger and the result was a promotion for me (from being the leader of one location to all locations nationally - the 'TOP' job for my field in the company) - no additional money, of course (I was very glad to have a job!).
Plan is to continue to have future mergers, so now I'm worried that they would put someone from the newly acquired company in my slot and I would have to report to the person (whose qualifications are a closer match to my job and is younger than I am). Is it my big ego that's kicking in? I really am not crazy about my job anymore, so why do I care? If I had to find another job, my biggest concern is that I would have less responsibilities than what i have now --- is this an ego thing, or worse....does my job really define who I am?
Target retirement date is on or before 11/16/2012, so why am I so worried about not having the 'TOP' job? My company just went through a merger and the result was a promotion for me (from being the leader of one location to all locations nationally - the 'TOP' job for my field in the company) - no additional money, of course (I was very glad to have a job!).
Plan is to continue to have future mergers, so now I'm worried that they would put someone from the newly acquired company in my slot and I would have to report to the person (whose qualifications are a closer match to my job and is younger than I am). Is it my big ego that's kicking in? I really am not crazy about my job anymore, so why do I care? If I had to find another job, my biggest concern is that I would have less responsibilities than what i have now --- is this an ego thing, or worse....does my job really define who I am?