ESRwannabe
Full time employment: Posting here.
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Having investments has definitely cut down on stress. My job income becomes less important every year. It is liberating.
"change in attitude"I'm still interested in my job, and I still (mostly) enjoy it. Once I'm there, I'm engaged and challenged and looking for ways to improve and do better. It's just that when I am away, I don't look forward to returning. Sunday evenings, I'm bummed out that my weekend of practice retirement is over. Mornings, I am reluctant to jump out of bed and face the commute. Even deciding what to wear each day is tedious and leaves me mildly annoyed and looking forward to a time I can wear whatever I want without concerns for "appropriate" and "professional".
I am not just counting the days, I am counting the paychecks. I am paid monthly and I see it as seventy-two more opportunities to save, which makes the end date seem even closer.
I'm wondering if other people experienced this change in attitude, and if it was a long-term shift, or just a passing phase? As it is, I'm smiling a lot more, and with my closest co-worker (who is my age) making occasional comments of "six more years!" I'm trying to rein that in for fear of becoming a tedious bore. If you experienced a similar attitude shift, did it escalate, making work perversely MORE difficult as the end neared? What tactics do you suggest to cope?
--Michelle
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2193 days and counting
Dog said:About 4 1/2 years to go....(June 2016). Sometimes seems a long way off and other times seems like it is flying by. Sometimes I have the Sunday afternoon angst....sometimes not. However, I am thankful that I'm towards the end of my career - I don't have the tolerance for "crap" that I use to
You must be single...
Happy dance last performance review – ever!
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Another reason to retire – performance reviews
Well today my boss called, and informed me that he wants to do my final performance appraisal sometime this week, and set my next year’s goals. I told him if he’s busy, just Email it to me and I’ll sign it.
Our performance reviews are such jokes, and after 27 years of working for this company, if I don’t know what I should be doing by now it’s too late.
Happy dance last performance review – ever!
You must be single...
I never worked PT, but otherwise my experience was similar.When I switched from working full-time to part-time, my performance reviews became less formal. But in my last few years, they disappeared altogether which was fine with me. All I cared to know was what my raise and bonus would be.