Does everyone reaaally hate their job but just stay in it and gaslight themselves into liking it ?

@nothereforpeople I retired the first day that I was eligible to get my health insurance. It’s funny how some of those snakes were forced to resign due to their actions…including the manager who was gone in less than 2 years after causing lawsuits, the hard-hearted supervisors she hired were also forced out. One the last year that I worked due to mismanagement. Another also got forced to leave after I retired, she was caught doing things that would have gotten charges on any of the rest of us. And a little later the one who was responsible for hiring the manager quit due to her husband getting caught stealing, she had gotten him his job too. A lot more happened as well.

@cherokeepatti

Sorry to hear that, but seems like you made a sound decision. We have a very similar situation where I work where to get ahead you must be in a close-knit network, in a clique, or brought in by a relative/nepotism. Could you share how it felt to retire; how it went in HR that day? Any tips? I'm headed in this exact direction soon.

@PatKirby I went to HR about a month before my first eligible day of retirement. They advised me to inform my retirement to my manager. (Because one employee in our department who had been there for 34 years didn’t do that, he went to HR at lunch and they told him he could retire anytime since he was eligible. So he came back at lunch and threw his keys on the manager’s desk and said “I’m outta here” 😂) I was counting the weeks a year before I retired, and the days a few months before that. I didn’t peep out my plans to anyone at work before I retired except that 2 weeks before. It felt good. The interesting thing was that it was in mid-August, and a freakish cool front had blown in the night before and the highs were in the high 50’s that day. So it was memorable for me in more than one way. They had me train the woman that would replace me that morning and had a little cake “party” and a group meeting after that (should have clocked out and went home then). I felt like a load had been lifted off of me. It took a month before I really felt rested enough to enjoy myself again, that’s how bad the stress was. And there were times I would run into someone I worked at in a store and they’d start telling me how much worse it had gotten, the changes that they were making etc. . That was bad enough to hear and it stressed me out again even though I knew I’d never step foot there again. I started going shopping early in the morning to avoid seeing anyone that I had worked with because of that.

@Tumbleweed
Are you a bomb tester at a bomb making factory?

@swirlie No I take care of elderly/disabled people and they can be stressful and demanding!

@Tumbleweed

@PatKirby Different countries, very similar problems. Will the world ever get better? but you said you're near retirement. That's good news. Lots of travel plans?

@nothereforpeople

Panama 🌴

@helsbels I understand that. Been there. I guess it would be nice if we were all rich and could freely choose our job, work whenever we please and go on vacation whenever we want

@JRVanguard Thank you. You too

@Jenny1234 You're one of the few lucky ones out there apparently. I'm glad to hear some of us are happy

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout Same

@nothereforpeople
What is the nature of the work that you're currently doing?

@swirlie I don't want to say here but it involves talking to lots of people with a smile on your face every single day

@nothereforpeople
Okay, I can see where that would wear thin!