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Old 12-15-2016, 08:44 PM   #1
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My old j*b is available

I went to my ex-megacorps job site and did a search on positions available in my old department. Well I'll be darned, my old position is available. I had a brief moment of insanity where I considered calling my ex-boss to discuss it. The thought was I would blow whatever money I made on awesome travel. And then I remembered how full my BS bucket was and went back to drinking my tea without a worry in the world.

Retirement is wonderful.
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I went to my ex-megacorps job site and did a search on positions available in my old department. Well I'll be darned, my old position is available. I had a brief moment of insanity where I considered calling my ex-boss to discuss it. The thought was I would blow whatever money I made on awesome travel. And then I remembered how full my BS bucket was and went back to drinking my tea without a worry in the world.

Retirement is wonderful.
Write it off as a bout of temporary insanity.

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To those that were "laid off" or terminated at company option, do you feel you were a victim of age discrimination?

When they agreed to pay 1 year's severance pay, unemployment and a salary supplement until age 62, I had to give them a hold harmless agreement.

My feelings were not hurt. I loved retiring at age 58, and it was the best thing to ever happen to me.
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I went to my ex-megacorps job site and did a search on positions available in my old department. Well I'll be darned, my old position is available. I had a brief moment of insanity where I considered calling my ex-boss to discuss it. The thought was I would blow whatever money I made on awesome travel. And then I remembered how full my BS bucket was and went back to drinking my tea without a worry in the world.

Retirement is wonderful.
How long have you been retired and out of the job? If it has been awhile, then they probably held back on posting it to save money.
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To those that were "laid off" or terminated at company option, do you feel you were a victim of age discrimination?

When they agreed to pay 1 year's severance pay, unemployment and a salary supplement until age 62, I had to give them a hold harmless agreement.

My feelings were not hurt. I loved retiring at age 58, and it was the best thing to ever happen to me.
Entirely possible. I was 47 when I was whacked, which in the IT world is pretty old. Plus my BS bucket was filling to the point where I didn't really feel like continuing to study every new emerging technology to keep my career going. So I pretty much knew when I was laid off, my IT career was finished and I was OK with it. I "only" received 6 months of severance pay but that was enough to ease the wounds, such as they were. And as I recently said elsewhere, it was the second best thing that ever happened to me. I took a couple months entirely off, then eased into part time w*rk where I put in about 20 hours a week on average, getting great medical benefits which I can carry into full retirement at age 59 if I can make it another 8 years and 4 months...
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I went to my ex-megacorps job site and did a search on positions available in my old department...
Why oh why would you do such a thing?!?

There are *so* many other things on the the internet that you can waste your time on...so for the sake of all things that are holy...watch this instead!

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Old 12-17-2016, 07:56 AM   #7
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Write it off as a bout of temporary insanity.

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Oh it was definitely that ! And today out of the blue my ex-boss calls me. I told him about my little bit of insanity and he said "I'm ready to take you back whenever you want !".

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How long have you been retired and out of the job? If it has been awhile, then they probably held back on posting it to save money.
18 months. From what my ex-boss just told me there has been tremendous turnover. I guess there were alot of people with full BS buckets !

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Why oh why would you do such a thing?!?

There are *so* many other things on the the internet that you can waste your time on
Excellent advice !
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Oh it was definitely that ! And today out of the blue my ex-boss calls me. I told him about my little bit of insanity and he said "I'm ready to take you back whenever you want !".

18 months. From what my ex-boss just told me there has been tremendous turnover. I guess there were alot of people with full BS buckets !

Excellent advice !
You are in a strategic position. 2-3 days of consulting, and train your replacement the right way. Create a model transition plan for the losers...
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Old 12-17-2016, 09:33 AM   #9
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You are in a strategic position. 2-3 days of consulting, and train your replacement the right way. Create a model transition plan for the losers...
Oh my - that sounds like *work* ! But it could pay for a few big trips. Hmmmmmmm .... now I need to think about that
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Oh my - that sounds like *work* ! But it could pay for a few big trips. Hmmmmmmm .... now I need to think about that
We are pretty stingy. I realized that 2-3 years work, in the right situation, would pay for a lot of stuff. It has to be the right situation, though. Megacorp beat the crap out of me. LOL.

I worked 4 days this week, for minicorp. After a customer gave me an impossible task to complete in four days, I decided to do it at home. Boss approved my request in less than a minute. Worked two long days at the kitchen table. Impossible conditions!

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Aw, Come on , Send in the resume. See if they practice age descrimination.

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My old job is also available. And all the doctors and all but one nurse practitioner left the practice in the last three years. Several had been with the group 20 years. I'm the only one who retired from a suddenly toxic environment.

The last two years my part time work income was wiped out by taxes on capital gains from a major portfolio rebalance. Next year we should be in the 15% tax bracket; almost all cap gains distributions and qualified dividends, so no federal income tax. I can't afford to work!

Retirement is indeed wonderful.
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Old 12-25-2016, 11:54 PM   #13
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Aw, Come on , Send in the resume. See if they practice age descrimination.
Heck no - I might get the j*b ! I am happy to report I am back to my sane happily retired self.
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