aggie76
Recycles dryer sheets
Thanks to this horrible collapse in Oil & Gas I was laid off in Oct. I am 62 and was 95% set regarding my financial plans and timing. Money is not a real problem ( unless this market collapse gets a helluva lot worse) I was going to leave in a year-18 months anyways. BUT the ceo wanted the last of the originals OUT and this was his great excuse. I was directly tied to the original owners and the old methods and was one of the few remaining and possibly the highest "ranked"..... All they had to do was to HINT that it was time for me to retire and I gladly would have complied. YET
HOWEVER ..I am extremely bitter, not so much over being retired ( I was VERY ready for that) , as I am due to the method. In our world being laid off is EXACTLY the same as getting FIRED. I am no longer "part of the family" like a retiree. ALL of my co-workers ( many over 35 years together) have retired and are still involved in Christmas parties, the annual awards event etc..As a laid off ( fired) guy I am not even allowed on the property. Worse..I was at work with my guys ( over 100 direct reports) most of which I hired, nurtured and have worked with every day for over 25 years at 7AM on a Friday and by 7:30 I was OFF the property. It was demeaning and embarrassing. What really stuck in my craw was when one of my best friends , whom I have worked with since 1981, brought with me to this place 25 years ago, spend EVERY day with for the last 25 years..retired a few weeks ago and I wasn't even allowed to be there.
Another issue is the timing. Our ( wife and I ) plan was to work another 12-18 months in order to cover COBRA to age 65 and retire together to begin our 874 page bucket list. She is still going to work another year plus in order for us to have the medical we need so I am stuck in this nirvana alone ! It sucks.
My question to ya'll. How many of you have been "retired in a manner not of your choosing ? How LONG did it take to get over the ANGER and the SHAME ! Did long before you got out of your morning FUNK when you get up and realize that for the FIRST time since EVER ( I've worked or been in a classroom ALL my life) you have nothing you have to do ?
HOWEVER ..I am extremely bitter, not so much over being retired ( I was VERY ready for that) , as I am due to the method. In our world being laid off is EXACTLY the same as getting FIRED. I am no longer "part of the family" like a retiree. ALL of my co-workers ( many over 35 years together) have retired and are still involved in Christmas parties, the annual awards event etc..As a laid off ( fired) guy I am not even allowed on the property. Worse..I was at work with my guys ( over 100 direct reports) most of which I hired, nurtured and have worked with every day for over 25 years at 7AM on a Friday and by 7:30 I was OFF the property. It was demeaning and embarrassing. What really stuck in my craw was when one of my best friends , whom I have worked with since 1981, brought with me to this place 25 years ago, spend EVERY day with for the last 25 years..retired a few weeks ago and I wasn't even allowed to be there.
Another issue is the timing. Our ( wife and I ) plan was to work another 12-18 months in order to cover COBRA to age 65 and retire together to begin our 874 page bucket list. She is still going to work another year plus in order for us to have the medical we need so I am stuck in this nirvana alone ! It sucks.
My question to ya'll. How many of you have been "retired in a manner not of your choosing ? How LONG did it take to get over the ANGER and the SHAME ! Did long before you got out of your morning FUNK when you get up and realize that for the FIRST time since EVER ( I've worked or been in a classroom ALL my life) you have nothing you have to do ?