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12. I feel ya - I worked for a fortune 500 company for 33 years. 26 as a union member

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Wed May 26, 2021, 04:15 PM

May 2021

and 9 as mgmt. The union years were by far the best. I took the mgmt job hesitantly but wanted to boost my retirement. It did a little but no a lot. I was first a local supervisor, then area mgr., then regional mgr. in reality the mgmt job sucked. It was a good ole boys club where most of the people didn't appreciate the workers and basically did very little. As a regional mgr. I was on a plane all the time, always sleeping in hotels, and that was the worst. I retired at age 53 which was ASAP - best thing I ever did.

I have been retired now for 18 years and it is scary how time flies - remember to enjoy every day as much as possible. If I had to do in again I think I would have pursued the healthcare industry. The pandemic made me really appreciate healthcare.

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I am just curious. How many people here really enjoy [View all] leftyladyfrommo May 2021 OP

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you echo me Skittles May 2021 #65

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Printing Cartoonist May 2021 #67

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They stopped printing catalogs. Cartoonist May 2021 #70

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Sparky here! Tink41 May 2021 #10

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SparkyElectrician N/T Tink41 May 2021 #74

Close to forty years in aircraft maintenance... bluecollar2 May 2021 #11

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Learned the trade bluecollar2 May 2021 #77

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Cool. That sounds fun. leftyladyfrommo May 2021 #23

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