So, I'm retiring tomorrow

[Squisher]

I stayed on an extra 2 months at the request of the company to train people, but for the last week they haven't had anybody they were willing to remove from their normal duties to train with me.

My boss knowing this asks me 2 hours into the shift, "where have you been all morning, I haven't seen you."

I said, "Training."

He said, "Who were you training?"

I said, "I'm training you to get along without me."





BTW- I had been out in production, working.

 

[Accipiter22]

how old are you?

 

[Mr Pickles]

Nice...

Grats on retirement, may I ask how old you are? What your plans are now?

 

[FoBoT]

:thumbsup:

don't go in tomorrow until he calls and asks where you are
and try that line again :laugh:

 

[Ns1]

damn wrong thread

 

[Squisher]

50


Hmmm, plans? I've got a honey do list a mile long. I figure it'll take me a year. If the housing market wasn't in the toilet here (Michigan) we'd probably move to the Southwest (the wife hates the cold).

I'll probably be a house husband for a while until I get bored, then find something to do.

I'm a die maker by trade.

 

[dartworth]

LOL

 

[dartworth]

union die maker?

 

[TallBill]

Congrats on the retirement. Time to get old and crusty!

 

[Squisher]

Originally posted by: dartworth
union die maker?

yup

 

[Cal166]

Move to Florida and grow old.

 

[ViviTheMage]

wow grats man, 50 and retired!

 

[waggy]

you will get bored. honey do list only last so damn long heh

 

[SSSnail]

Have you tried World of Warcraft? :evil:

 

[Fourier Transform]

Congrats on your retirement!

Btw, 2/10 for the joke.

 

[Leros]

Aren't you kind of young for retirement?

 

[jupiter57]

Welcome to the world of retirement!
I "retired" in '99, (Union Carpenter) & swore I would never return to Construction work.
After about 3 months on the farm, I got a call from my current employer, I told him I simply was not interested. He kinda insisted I at least hear him out, so I did. Turns out he offered me almost double what I was making on Union work (Salary), full expense account (Expenses of any kind do not exist in my local), Company Vehicle, the best Health Insurance money can buy (Union had pretty sorry insurance) plus a lot of little perks (Such as getting 3 months off with pay once while our work was slow!).
I've been here ever since!
I am "scheduled" to retire officially (again) after August 1, since I've turned 50, and will probably work some for this company when I feel like it or they really need me, but I've got some (Grand)babysitting to do!

 

[BoomerD]

I (sort of) medically retired in Dec. 2003 after running cranes and heavy equipment for 30+ years...Currently training as in architectural drafting, but by the time I finish the schooling, I'll be 55+ and eligible for my union pension and (most likely) social security disability. We'll see how that plays out...

Retiring at 50...:thumbsup:
Just another reason why Unions are good for American workers...

 

[Doodoo]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
I (sort of) medically retired in Dec. 2003 after running cranes and heavy equipment for 30+ years...Currently training as in architectural drafting, but by the time I finish the schooling, I'll be 55+ and eligible for my union pension and (most likely) social security disability. We'll see how that plays out...

Retiring at 50...:thumbsup:
Just another reason why Unions are good for American workers...

How is that good for American workers again? Puts more costs on the company and many are struggling to keep up. I'm not putting down unions or anything. I use to be in one, until I moved over to management two years ago.

 

[antillean]

Don't move to the SW! It's dry and inhospitable. A lot of people move there because it's "warm"... failing to realize that it's also desert.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: Doodoo
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: BoomerD
I (sort of) medically retired in Dec. 2003 after running cranes and heavy equipment for 30+ years...Currently training as in architectural drafting, but by the time I finish the schooling, I'll be 55+ and eligible for my union pension and (most likely) social security disability. We'll see how that plays out...

Retiring at 50...:thumbsup:
Just another reason why Unions are good for American workers...</end quote></div>
How is that good for American workers again? Puts more costs on the company and many are struggling to keep up. I'm not putting down unions or anything. I use to be in one, until I moved over to management two years ago.

By getting thousands of manufacturing jobs moved overseas, of course..

 

[BoomerD]

Having a decent pension isn't good for workers? Consider that it's like a forced savings plan in which (on the average) you get back more in the first 3 years than you pay in over 30 years. Now some may claim to be able to invest their money smarter and get a higher rate of return, but not many actually would/could. You management folks aren't the only ones who make a company what it is, it's a team effort between management and workers, and those workers are entitled to reap some of the benefits of the collaboration.
Do you believe they should be entitled to medical insurance, since that also adds to the company's costs and takes away from the bottom line?
what about paid vacations, sick leave, paid holidays? None of those make the company money...

 

[yllus]

Dude, 50? You've always seemed so young! Haha.

Congrats on the impending retirement, hope you have a blast.

 

[BoomerD]

Squisher, I apologize...I didn't mean for my comments to turn your thread into a union bashing fest...

Congrats to ya...hope life treats ya good now that you have time to enjoy it...burn the house to the ground, take the money and retire to Phoenix...:roll:

 

[Squisher]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Doodoo
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: BoomerD
I (sort of) medically retired in Dec. 2003 after running cranes and heavy equipment for 30+ years...Currently training as in architectural drafting, but by the time I finish the schooling, I'll be 55+ and eligible for my union pension and (most likely) social security disability. We'll see how that plays out...

Retiring at 50...:thumbsup:
Just another reason why Unions are good for American workers...</end quote></div>
How is that good for American workers again? Puts more costs on the company and many are struggling to keep up. I'm not putting down unions or anything. I use to be in one, until I moved over to management two years ago.</end quote></div>

I really was not ready to retire, but it was made clear to me that retirement benefits of retirees were not as much in the company's cross-hairs as the benefits of future retirees. I felt it was in my best interest to retire and take my chances. We, being a small union in a large tier one supplier we had just gone through with a concessionary agreement that followed a threat by the company to basically close us down. For two years anxiety was the basic state of mind of every employee.


<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: BoomerD
Squisher, I apologize...I didn't mean for my comments to turn your thread into a union bashing fest...

Congrats to ya...hope life treats ya good now that you have time to enjoy it...burn the house to the ground, take the money and retire to Phoenix...:roll:
</end quote></div>

Not a problem. I know how "union" is a dirty word around here.