gamboolman
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Congrats on your soon to be retirement.
Congrats on your soon to be retirement.
Not sure I get this. It sounds like March is still your retirement date. Did you originally plan to work until March and then take leave as a lump sum? Is there anything the company can do to screw you over and deny you benefits that won't accrue until March?
Maybe cancel your leave for work exigencies and then fire you before you turn 55 if you don't return? If all you did with HR is notify them of the March 1 date, I would be careful about what you do after your current two weeks vacation is over. Don't give them any excuse to fire you.Yes, March 1 is still my official retirement date because I turn 55 on Feb 26th. If I wait until March 1 I not only meet the age requirement but also get my healthcare paid for that month.
Yes, normally people are paid for their vacation in a lump sum. I will use my vacation instead of cashing it out.
Can they screw me over somehow? Probably. Not sure how but there is always a way.
Even worse, she was told that she would probably fill his position...which is not a good deal since she has already been working too much. Oye.
I told you it was long and confusing...
Shift #1 - Me (supervisor) and seven other guys.
Shift #2 - You (supervisor) and seven other guys.
I and my seven guys will work all night and give turnover to you and your seven guys when you arrive in the morning. You will work all day and give turnover to me when I arrive that night. We will work nights like this for six grueling soul crushing weeks. 12 hour night shifts are not fun.
Normally, six weeks later, I move to dayshift with my seven guys and you move to nightshift with your seven guys. EXCEPT, my boss calls me in and says I am staying on night shift with your seven guys and you get to stay on dayshift with my seven guys. No reason, no explanation, nothing. This means I lose all scheduled vacation (because my work days have changed) and work three months straight night shift.
Occasionally at the end of the year one of the seven guys from Shift #1 (definitely not the supervisor) will change places with a guy from Shift #2. This might be due to a personality conflict or something. It is rare.
It's often not in the company's interest either.
I used to tell people giving their notice "two hours should be enough to clean out your desk". We didn't want any 'dead men walking' or martyrs trashing the company for weeks on end. Everyone got a hefty severance: one month for short timers--up to two years for long termers.
Having said that, if the OP was financially able when they demoted his job, I'd have walked out right there and then. Why hang around to put up with that crap?
In my area of work, once one submitted their resignation, they were walked out that day.
Just another example that providing more notice is not in your interests.
I wouldn't have even thought about slipping away incognito. Instead they threw me a couple of parties and a dinner. I got gag gifts and got to hug a lot of necks. It even made the front page of the newspaper. It was a great 38 year career. I even consulted for them for a few years after. My practice has always been to burn no bridges regardless of how the other side has acted.
Maybe cancel your leave for work exigencies and then fire you before you turn 55 if you don't return? If all you did with HR is notify them of the March 1 date, I would be careful about what you do after your current two weeks vacation is over. Don't give them any excuse to fire you.
You're absolutely correct donheff.
I watched a similar incident unfold at the MegaCorp I toiled at. An individual dictated to HR and management how he would use accrued vacation and leave time to bridge his way to a departure from Mega most beneficial to him. They disagreed. He didn't care, stayed away and was terminated for "three day no-show." It then took him months and a lawyer to get things back to where they would have been had he just followed the usual (and reasonable) procedures.
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also meant that all my vacation for the last three months of the year was cancelled. Christmas party at my house - cancelled. Trip to see my parents at Thanksgiving - cancelled. New Years with friends - cancelled. There was absolutely no reason to do this. Shift changes for the past 32 years since I have been there are ALWAYS done at the beginning of the year, never in October. There was also a guy who was let go a week after I got to the shift. So no only was I on a shift with a bunch of strangers but it was also severely undermanned.
Needless to say, I got the last laugh (I think)...
Same here
It's sad that so many people seem to have jobs they hate and bosses who are intolerable...
I am so glad to hear a few more-tempered responses. Making the "last day" the same as the first day of qualifying for retirement benefits is not a good plan, no matter how much you hate the job. Too many things can change during that time. None of them good to you. Giving notice of 2 weeks is the minimum common courtesy. Not only for them, but for your reports & your own self too. If it were me, I would give notice only after meeting the retirement requirements.