Posted by redtom on August 26, 2021 at 18:19:44 from (97.84.163.62):
I'm going to retire. My first job lasted 28.5 years before I was out sourced so I found a closer job that was 3/4 of my old wages and after being there 3 years I'm calling it quits. I'm 59 and my financial guy says I'm okay to make what I make now from my portfolio and I have another half of that available from my pension. The job I have now started out great after being p@@ped on by a fortune 50 company after 28 years. I work for a family owned landscape business as their sole mechanic. At first, I thought, fix a few mowers, lube a few Bobcats, good to go. No, Its morphed into 90 some pieces of equipment from mowers to semi's to Komatsu loaders, with me and a helper kid-whose pretty good. They never had any type of actual mechanic until me. I was hired to be the Fleet Manager. For someone my boss likes to call awesome he sure doesn't show it. I've never had a raise in 3 years. Never been taken to lunch like the other department heads. Never taken a sick day or rarely a vacation day. They all go on golf outings together but never ask me. He kept telling me I'm going to take over the fleet and the purchasing of trucks and equipment, but he will never tell me of anything he's buying-I don't find out until its delivered. He doesn't want anyone to know how much money he has. I tried. I set up once monthly meetings to get in the loop. He had two and stopped doing them with me. Not tooting my own horn but, he's going to have a hard time finding someone that's from...well,...our generation. No one there knows what a choke is, or an inner tube (seriously), or points or a fuel filter or how to prime a diesel. No one there can use the torch or weld. They don't even have a tool set. You know, the stuff us tractor guys know. I guess this turned into a rant but tonight after a brutal week of 90 degree heat, I'm feeling a bit unappreciated. I was on the fence, but Monday I'm letting them know I'm done and I'll give them 60 days to find someone. The new PC catch phrase is Conscious Capitalism and my boss thinks he invented it. But, I have never heard someone scream at someone like he does if a manager fails to meet his monthly goal. My wife went through breast cancer last year and now her mother died unexpectedly from a heart attack so we are looking at life a little differently now. I come here daily. I think you are like friends in a bar at the end of the day. Thanks for listening
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