Okay, this has gotten weird.....
Yesterday afternoon, the President announced to the company that The V.P. and I had tendered our resignation. He made a big deal that we were NOT going to any competitors, but had decided to retire.
Ok, no big deal.
Lots of people came up and congratulated us, expressed their disappointment that we were leaving, that they would miss us, etc., etc., etc. Very nice.
This morning, the entire technical team resigned except for two technical people who have a total combined experience level of 8 years.
300+ years of experience just (figuratively, soon to be literally) walked out the door.