Add me to the group who worked to live. I liked my job OK, but always planned to retire pretty young and saved accordingly. I was let go as part of a reorg ten years ago. I was one of the few affected who found another position in the same Megacorp within a few months, but it was a terrible fit. I limped along with a so-so boss and a fabulous co-worker for about six years until the so-so boss left. The new boss isn't a bad person, but type A and at a different place in his life. His duties and mine overlapped a good bit and I felt like I was being run off.
I have depression and anxiety already, so having my every move scrutinized and and critiqued, really piled on. Those three years were rough and the last year, I was barely functioning. I was going days without sleep, my hair was falling out and I had constant joint pain. I retired one month after qualifying for my pension. I was terrified that I'd miscalculated and would need that extra month. Ha! After lifelong sleep issues, if I stay up all night and sleep all day, no one cares. My hair is (mostly) growing back, I'm on half the meds and in 98% less pain. I've had lunch 3-4 times with my fabulous co-worker, but have heard nothing from anyone else I worked with for almost a decade. Which is fine because they haven't heard from me either.
