GoodSense
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Maybe this has been brought up before. If so, I apologize.
The reason I'm asking is because a supervisor of mine retired at the end of 2007, and I am contemplating asking him out for coffee, just to see how he's doing. I only worked for him for 6 months out of his 30+ year career at my agency, in other words, I'm definitely not his closest employee, but he was probably the best boss I've worked for.
My selfish side also wants to live vicariously through his transition into retirement, since mine is still decades away. Of course he has no idea.
If you have retired, do you keep in touch with former coworkers? Do you like it or is it more like a chore? Do their gossips/complaints sound interesting, or simply trivial and meaningless? Would it bother you if they whine a lot about the work environment and do nothing about it (most likely in my case)?
Of course I am probably thinking too much.
The reason I'm asking is because a supervisor of mine retired at the end of 2007, and I am contemplating asking him out for coffee, just to see how he's doing. I only worked for him for 6 months out of his 30+ year career at my agency, in other words, I'm definitely not his closest employee, but he was probably the best boss I've worked for.
My selfish side also wants to live vicariously through his transition into retirement, since mine is still decades away. Of course he has no idea.
If you have retired, do you keep in touch with former coworkers? Do you like it or is it more like a chore? Do their gossips/complaints sound interesting, or simply trivial and meaningless? Would it bother you if they whine a lot about the work environment and do nothing about it (most likely in my case)?
Of course I am probably thinking too much.