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In reply to the discussion: I got a new job!!! [View all]

CTyankee

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47. You are lucky. While I was waiting out the time the last few months of last job, I had fortunately
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 11:25 AM
Jun 2021

told other members of the staff that I would be retiring in early December (I would receive and extra amount of money on SS by waiting that long). At the time the new CEO was getting rid of all the staff over the age of 60, as she considered them "dead wood." Had I not informed my co-workers of my last day of work I would have been somehow gotten rid of (I don't know what she had up her sleeve but she was determined to do it). Months after I had left I heard that the Board of Directors had fired her. I felt vindicated.

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I got a new job!!! [View all] Jedi Guy Jun 2021 OP
This is by no means minor, and CONGRATS! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2021 #1
Sorry, I should have been more clear. It's with a new company. N/T Jedi Guy Jun 2021 #2
That's GREAT! Thanks for clarifying. ♥ CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2021 #4
Wow EYESORE 9001 Jun 2021 #3
Yeah, sending in my resignation letter will be SO satisfying. Jedi Guy Jun 2021 #7
From experience,,,, never burn your bridges Dan Jun 2021 #51
Sucks to be your whiney butt, mean, nasty puke, magot evil pig of a rotten ugly boss. Trueblue1968 Jun 2021 #39
Congrats! ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #5
Thanks! Jedi Guy Jun 2021 #11
Mom Is Way Better ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #18
Send your soon to be ex department director nykym Jun 2021 #6
It's really tempting to go out with a bang, believe me. Jedi Guy Jun 2021 #12
You are really, really their loss. WinstonSmith4740 Jun 2021 #29
My daughter and her boss both left a firm because the owner was a butthead who Demsrule86 Jun 2021 #35
Send your soon to be ex department director a video of this song ..... TAKE3 THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT, Trueblue1968 Jun 2021 #41
Woo hoo! Nevilledog Jun 2021 #8
Congratulations! zuul Jun 2021 #9
Thank you! :) N/T Jedi Guy Jun 2021 #13
YAY for you! lillypaddle Jun 2021 #10
Thank you kindly! Jedi Guy Jun 2021 #14
and remember this lillypaddle Jun 2021 #36
Congratulations! bottomofthehill Jun 2021 #15
Congratulations! mnhtnbb Jun 2021 #16
.. Demovictory9 Jun 2021 #17
Good for you and thanks for sharing. Everyone's individual victory supports the whole. nt Biophilic Jun 2021 #19
That is wonderful! lucca18 Jun 2021 #20
Very happy for you. Congratulations! SheilaAnn Jun 2021 #21
congrats . full stop. AllaN01Bear Jun 2021 #22
funny how that happens sometimes isn't it? barbtries Jun 2021 #23
What GREAT news! MontanaMama Jun 2021 #24
Wowzee!!You did something to make the gods happy!! Congrats big time!!! Fla Dem Jun 2021 #25
'sucks to be you'? Not any more!!! stillcool Jun 2021 #26
Congrats, Jedi Guy. Sounds like you earned your good fortune. Hortensis Jun 2021 #27
I said a few days ago people were going to choose "or else!" Warpy Jun 2021 #28
Congrats! SheltieLover Jun 2021 #30
Major congratulations!!! hamsterjill Jun 2021 #31
Congratulations! What a wonderful outcome...so happy for you. Demsrule86 Jun 2021 #32
I love stories like this. NJCher Jun 2021 #33
Congratulations seta1950 Jun 2021 #34
Congratulations, and I was hoping you were his new boss! Evolve Dammit Jun 2021 #37
Congratulations! area51 Jun 2021 #38
Congratulations! Very happy for you. Jay25 Jun 2021 #40
My step daughter was given less than a week Tree Lady Jun 2021 #42
Yeah, one of my colleagues is in much the same position. Jedi Guy Jun 2021 #43
Well I am glad you found something else Tree Lady Jun 2021 #44
Great news! Good for you@ liberalla Jun 2021 #45
I suppose your news is "minor" if you're comparing it to the sun going nova. BobTheSubgenius Jun 2021 #46
You are lucky. While I was waiting out the time the last few months of last job, I had fortunately CTyankee Jun 2021 #47
I am so pleased for you -- especially that the pay and benefits are upped! fierywoman Jun 2021 #48
Congrats! Ginger42 Jun 2021 #49
YAY! That is wonderful! Bettie Jun 2021 #50
We're rooting for you FakeNoose Jun 2021 #52
Congrats!!!!! GeoWilliam750 Jun 2021 #53
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