Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Dylan Thomas
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Ending of Days
Yes, 64. That's how many days I have left at my current job. I have been here for 19 years and probably would have stayed until 20 years. But the work atmosphere here has gotten so toxic as to make working here an exercise in anxiety. I actually had a panic attack last week and had to leave early. So Friday I went to the retirement website and filled out the paperwork to retire on June 1. When I got in on Monday someone in HR had written me an e-mail explaining why If I retired on June 1 I'd have to wait an entire month to receive my benefits package. I called the only person I know from that department and worked it out with her. Instead of waiting until July as the email said, I will retire on May 15 and begin receiving my benefits on June 1. Then as the joke of the Universe, my supervisor sent a meeting request to go over my performance review. I declined stating specifically that I didn't care. She could bring the papers by and I would sign them. But I have no interest in the meeting. She didn't reply and she didn't bring the papers by either. So far, she is the only one I've told how very much I don't care. The founder of this company, Jim Casey had a reputation for being very fair and open with his employees. He even encouraged them to unionize to insure that they would have someone to negotiate on their behalf. I'm absolutely sure that if he could know the state of affairs now, he'd be turning over in his grave.
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I'm glad to hear you will soon be out of that stressful situation. When it's time to go, it's time to go. Glad HR worked out a way so you wouldn't have to wait too long for your pension.
ReplyDeleteGetting out of a crappy situation is always good. But I'm sorry for the crapfest you've had to go through.
ReplyDeleteThe company I used to work for (twelve years) began crapping on their employees about year four and it only got worse.
I have friends and family who are either in that kind of situation or have escaped from it, too.
Seems that moral bankruptcy is no longer an embarrassment to a lot of workplaces.