After some 27 years, last Sunday @ 8pm EST I turned my back on a career in academia, specifically as an admin monkey at one of six law school libraries in Boston, MA. My only regret is not jumping the stinking, hardcore liberal cesspool masquerading as a pillar of higher ed a decade earlier. The relief and sense of release is overwhelming and truly magnificent in ways hard to accurately express. The last straw, ironically, was being told that any employee who wasn't fully 'vaccinated' on August 16 would face termination. Not to worry, I wrote in my resignation. My last day will be August 15. On to bigger and better things. Some of us won't roll over on what we believe in, hold dear and will put their dough and careers on the line over. Your institution believed everyone would fall into formation and like good lemmings would do as we were told. You were wrong, at least in some cases. See ya, wouldn' want to be ya. Next life stage coming up, and I'm ready, willing and able to crush it. FU SULS and everything you represent. Free at last and all that...
After some 27 years, last Sunday @ 8pm EST I turned my back on a career in academia, specifically as an admin monkey at one of six law school libraries in Boston, MA. My only regret is not jumping the stinking, hardcore liberal cesspool masquerading as a pillar of higher ed a decade earlier. The relief and sense of release is overwhelming and truly magnificent in ways hard to accurately express. The last straw, ironically, was being told that any employee who wasn't fully 'vaccinated' on August 16 would face termination. Not to worry, I wrote in my resignation. My last day will be August 15. On to bigger and better things. Some of us won't roll over on what we believe in, hold dear and will put their dough and careers on the line over. Your institution believed everyone would fall into formation and like good lemmings would do as we were told. You were wrong, at least in some cases. See ya, wouldn' want to be ya. Next life stage coming up, and I'm ready, willing and able to crush it. FU SULS and everything you represent. Free at last and all that...
Congrats on many good years and best wishes on what is to come. Very good to see somebody with honor.
Congratulations 🎊🎉🍾🎈. The next phase will be great!
Just out of curiosity, why didn't you let them fire you? Wouldn't you have legal recourse?
Frie
Originally Posted by kingston
Damn! Good on you!!!
Congratulations 🎊🎉🍾🎈. The next phase will be great!
Just out of curiosity, why didn't you let them fire you? Wouldn't you have legal recourse?
Friend B, after researching legal options and caselaw, concluded that any litigation would be a crapshoot drawn out over years, if not decades. Not worth the trouble and effort, especially considering the committment pushing a suit against a well-funded institution would entail. Sometimes, a man has to know when to cut bait and live to fight another day. Hope all's well w/you and T and the bitches. A and I were just talking about your mob earlier tonight...
The first half of life is just the warm up....The second half is where all the best action happens.
Enjoy the next phase of your life and maybe some of us lucky enough, may get a chance to see and enjoy some of it with you.
🦫
JFC here comes the wishy-washy BS. All I want to know from you is whether you and your landlubber crew boated any salmon today and if you bought a plane ticket for December yet. Get yer act together, hippie.
After some 27 years, last Sunday @ 8pm EST I turned my back on a career in academia, specifically as an admin monkey at one of six law school libraries in Boston, MA. My only regret is not jumping the stinking, hardcore liberal cesspool masquerading as a pillar of higher ed a decade earlier. The relief and sense of release is overwhelming and truly magnificent in ways hard to accurately express. The last straw, ironically, was being told that any employee who wasn't fully 'vaccinated' on August 16 would face termination. Not to worry, I wrote in my resignation. My last day will be August 15. On to bigger and better things. Some of us won't roll over on what we believe in, hold dear and will put their dough and careers on the line over. Your institution believed everyone would fall into formation and like good lemmings would do as we were told. You were wrong, at least in some cases. See ya, wouldn' want to be ya. Next life stage coming up, and I'm ready, willing and able to crush it. FU SULS and everything you represent. Free at last and all that...
No shock there as I had you pegged as a man of principal.
After some 27 years, last Sunday @ 8pm EST I turned my back on a career in academia, specifically as an admin monkey at one of six law school libraries in Boston, MA. My only regret is not jumping the stinking, hardcore liberal cesspool masquerading as a pillar of higher ed a decade earlier. The relief and sense of release is overwhelming and truly magnificent in ways hard to accurately express. The last straw, ironically, was being told that any employee who wasn't fully 'vaccinated' on August 16 would face termination. Not to worry, I wrote in my resignation. My last day will be August 15. On to bigger and better things. Some of us won't roll over on what we believe in, hold dear and will put their dough and careers on the line over. Your institution believed everyone would fall into formation and like good lemmings would do as we were told. You were wrong, at least in some cases. See ya, wouldn' want to be ya. Next life stage coming up, and I'm ready, willing and able to crush it. FU SULS and everything you represent. Free at last and all that...
No shock there as I had you pegged as a man of principal.
I knew I could count on your support, Mr. Ooglik (aka chubby Jim). We Pacific Islanders/Slopes/Blubber slurpers need to stick together. Metaphorically speaking, of course. I have dictionaries for sale, BTW. Only $12.99 a pop. $325 shipping though, but will consider beef based negotiations...
I left a long time trade at age 42 to go into a totally different line of work. That was almost 20yrs ago and still not ready to retire. I still like my job,
I'm sorry these slimeballs were able to do that to you but as you already know it was just waiting to happen anyways and this way you get it on your own terms.
I wish you luck, I know you'll hit the ground running and go like a freight train.
BTW, B's bitches are all over me.......I still got it!
We are living in the most devastating challenge to our Nation in it's history. I hate that you were forced into early retirement by idiot decisions made on political whim. Good Luck and God Bless.
The first half of life is just the warm up....The second half is where all the best action happens.
Enjoy the next phase of your life and maybe some of us lucky enough, may get a chance to see and enjoy some of it with you.
🦫
JFC here comes the wishy-washy BS. All I want to know from you is whether you and your landlubber crew boated any salmon today and if you bought a plane ticket for December yet. Get yer act together, hippie.
Best wishes for your future endeavors, KG! This seems like it would be a good time to repo Stubbs and go somewhere to watch the seasons change while listening to elk bugle, or whatever else you would prefer more.
While (regrettably) we have never met, you hang out with men who I know are honorable and upstanding. Such men do not suffer fools or cowards; therefore, you are neither. You have now proved that to any who do not know you.
Now, the hard part. Sorting through the immense pile of opportunities that’ll be coming at you. Hang tough! .
Just this morning I was reading an article on an opposition propaganda website (CNN), bemoaning the fact that 50% of the “vaccine hesitant” stated they would leave their job if mandated, and up to 50% of the workforce was “vaccine hesitant”. I’ll bet 99,5% can have a job starting next week.
It’s called consequences. In this job market, employers have little to no power.
Fine business sir. Years ago I too worked for an institution of higher learning. There was a lot to like about it. Not all the faculty and staff were Leftist loons. Lots of smart and interesting people. Olympic size swimming pool a 5 minute walk from my office. The "Progressives" were loud and overbearing though. I used to say that "I work in the belly of the Liberal Progressive beast...". I'm guessing that is a description you can relate to.
Do you think you and yours will become part of the exodus from the blue States?
It's very brave to take retirement at the normal time...once you have enough years in.
Not just everyone has the intestinal fortitude to retire at the appropriate time.
Furthermore, big corporations hate it when the dusty old farts retire....making room for younger, more productive employees that they can pay less and start off with a much smaller benefits package.
Congratulations, someone like you will just be busier now than when you were working, and enjoying life way more. Just think of all those lame meetings you will have to miss.
Congrats KG. You have to do what you think is best for your mind and body. When you walked out the door for the last time, if you let out a big sigh of relief, you made the right decision. It sounds like you did the best thing.
I retired for good two months ago and it feels a bit strange when every day is Saturday. Another big change in the thought process is when you wake up 8 or 9 and don’t think, “oh chit, I overslept!” 😮
Get going on your next life and let’s have some more pics of your expeditions and food😊
I'm worried most Americans are going to face the "get vaccinated or get fired" sooner than later. Not a problem for the retired guys on the forum, but for guys like me it sucks. Once all jobs are onboard, you've run out of places to run. The business manager at my company called me last week to ask about my vaccination status and wanted to know why I wasn't vaccinated, and when I planned on it...
It's very brave to take retirement at the normal time...once you have enough years in.
Not just everyone has the intestinal fortitude to retire at the appropriate time.
Furthermore, big corporations hate it when the dusty old farts retire....making room for younger, more productive employees that they can pay less and start off with a much smaller benefits package.
Savage!
Who the fück besides EdM retires in their early 50's.
Jim Conrad the big risk taker opines yet again on a subject he knows nothing about.
Not everyone has a yard full of appliances to fall back on.
I'm worried most Americans are going to face the "get vaccinated or get fired" sooner than later. Not a problem for the retired guys on the forum, but for guys like me it sucks. Once all jobs are onboard, you've run out of places to run. The business manager at my company called me last week to ask about my vaccination status and wanted to know why I wasn't vaccinated, and when I planned on it...
So you got your cardboard box and aloe plant ready to go?
lol, Pro tip: leave that employee of the month plaque from March 2003 in one of the desk drawers
It's very brave to take retirement at the normal time...once you have enough years in.
Not just everyone has the intestinal fortitude to retire at the appropriate time.
Furthermore, big corporations hate it when the dusty old farts retire....making room for younger, more productive employees that they can pay less and start off with a much smaller benefits package.
Savage!
Who the fück besides EdM retires in their early 50's.
Jim Conrad the big risk taker opines yet again on a subject he knows nothing about.
Not everyone has a yard full of appliances to fall back on.
I am pretty sure the AC unit could be salvaged. Not sure about the washer.
Anyway....did Kamo retire? I didn't bother to read the OP........ .
It's very brave to take retirement at the normal time...once you have enough years in.
Not just everyone has the intestinal fortitude to retire at the appropriate time.
Furthermore, big corporations hate it when the dusty old farts retire....making room for younger, more productive employees that they can pay less and start off with a much smaller benefits package.
Savage!
Who the fück besides EdM retires in their early 50's.
Jim Conrad the big risk taker opines yet again on a subject he knows nothing about.
Not everyone has a yard full of appliances to fall back on.
I am pretty sure the AC unit could be salvaged. Not sure about the washer.
Anyway....did Kamo retire? I didn't bother to read the OP........ .
You could start by putting a roof and walls around the toilet.
It's very brave to take retirement at the normal time...once you have enough years in.
Not just everyone has the intestinal fortitude to retire at the appropriate time.
Furthermore, big corporations hate it when the dusty old farts retire....making room for younger, more productive employees that they can pay less and start off with a much smaller benefits package.
Savage!
Who the fück besides EdM retires in their early 50's.
Jim Conrad the big risk taker opines yet again on a subject he knows nothing about.
Not everyone has a yard full of appliances to fall back on.
I am pretty sure the AC unit could be salvaged. Not sure about the washer.
Anyway....did Kamo retire? I didn't bother to read the OP........ .
You could start by putting a roof and walls around the toilet.
No...that's in the junk pile.
I came home to find a busted toilet tank...and a big rock.
No one will cop to it. It was probably the old woman.
I'm worried most Americans are going to face the "get vaccinated or get fired" sooner than later. Not a problem for the retired guys on the forum, but for guys like me it sucks. Once all jobs are onboard, you've run out of places to run. The business manager at my company called me last week to ask about my vaccination status and wanted to know why I wasn't vaccinated, and when I planned on it...
The Hospital in Houston who fired 150 people for refusing to get vaccinated is getting hammered.
Hopefully, enough will stand up and the midwits will reconsider.
It's very brave to take retirement at the normal time...once you have enough years in.
Not just everyone has the intestinal fortitude to retire at the appropriate time.
Furthermore, big corporations hate it when the dusty old farts retire....making room for younger, more productive employees that they can pay less and start off with a much smaller benefits package.
Savage!
Who the fück besides EdM retires in their early 50's.
Jim Conrad the big risk taker opines yet again on a subject he knows nothing about.
Not everyone has a yard full of appliances to fall back on.
I am pretty sure the AC unit could be salvaged. Not sure about the washer.
Anyway....did Kamo retire? I didn't bother to read the OP........ .
You could start by putting a roof and walls around the toilet.
No...that's in the junk pile.
I came home to find a busted toilet tank...and a big rock.
No one will cop to it. It was probably the old woman.
I find myself in a bit of a curious situation regarding the vax because the German firm we partner with wants me to fly to Europe in October so they can officially release a new product to us. I've let my superiors know I will not submit to any vaccination requirements knowing full well that I've thrown a monkey wrench into a lot of planning. I know they'd much rather keep on board long enough to train my replacement because they're just now coming around to tje understanding that it will take at least twelve months to get that individual up to speed, but all I know at this point is that the ball is in someone else's court.
I'm nearing retirement anyway, but I'm just not financially prepared at this point. If worse comes to worse, I'll find a way just as I've always done.
Congratulations ! I always remind myself that I was looking for a job when I found the one I just left. I work for myself now and I couldn’t imagine working for someone else anymore. Good luck !
It must have been weird to work in that ivory tower atmosphere rampant w/ smug entitled academics and their sycophants. Change is a good thing and I am sure you are capable of creating a situation that suits you. Over 46 years I had 3 separate and disparate careers and enjoyed the new challenges. Will you relocate and seek a new environment?
After some 27 years, last Sunday @ 8pm EST I turned my back on a career in academia, specifically as an admin monkey at one of six law school libraries in Boston, MA. My only regret is not jumping the stinking, hardcore liberal cesspool masquerading as a pillar of higher ed a decade earlier. The relief and sense of release is overwhelming and truly magnificent in ways hard to accurately express. The last straw, ironically, was being told that any employee who wasn't fully 'vaccinated' on August 16 would face termination. Not to worry, I wrote in my resignation. My last day will be August 15. On to bigger and better things. Some of us won't roll over on what we believe in, hold dear and will put their dough and careers on the line over. Your institution believed everyone would fall into formation and like good lemmings would do as we were told. You were wrong, at least in some cases. See ya, wouldn' want to be ya. Next life stage coming up, and I'm ready, willing and able to crush it. FU SULS and everything you represent. Free at last and all that...
It's very brave to take retirement at the normal time...once you have enough years in.
Not just everyone has the intestinal fortitude to retire at the appropriate time.
Furthermore, big corporations hate it when the dusty old farts retire....making room for younger, more productive employees that they can pay less and start off with a much smaller benefits package.
Savage!
Who the fück besides EdM retires in their early 50's.
Jim Conrad the big risk taker opines yet again on a subject he knows nothing about.
Not everyone has a yard full of appliances to fall back on.
I am pretty sure the AC unit could be salvaged. Not sure about the washer.
Anyway....did Kamo retire? I didn't bother to read the OP........ .
You could start by putting a roof and walls around the toilet.
No...that's in the junk pile.
I came home to find a busted toilet tank...and a big rock.
No one will cop to it. It was probably the old woman.
Well, I still say that bowl makes a fine flower pot out at the end of the driveway. Posies and such, peonies maybe too? And a gladiolus for height to draw the eye away from the ground. (Landscaping 101).
At least until/if you decide and find new employment, this means more time with the wonderful wife and the pooches to spend in the woods and at the beach.
Hopefully not more nekkid women needing help though.
And, perhaps now, the 'fire will have the pleasure of your company earlier in the day? Not that I minded, being a night owl and living on the Left Coast I always appreciated our "conversations" over the ether.
I looked through this whole thread and don't think I saw anyone post an alternative for you, although from the reading I would gather many agree with the sentiment of the original version.
Here's an alternative I like, because..............................the D.K.s!
Kamo gari: Congrats and well wishes to you. YOU only live once - YOU have to be happy or its not worth it. Best of luck to you in the future. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
It's very brave to take retirement at the normal time...once you have enough years in.
Not just everyone has the intestinal fortitude to retire at the appropriate time.
Furthermore, big corporations hate it when the dusty old farts retire....making room for younger, more productive employees that they can pay less and start off with a much smaller benefits package.
Savage!
Who the fück besides EdM retires in their early 50's.
Jim Conrad the big risk taker opines yet again on a subject he knows nothing about.
Not everyone has a yard full of appliances to fall back on.
I am pretty sure the AC unit could be salvaged. Not sure about the washer.
Anyway....did Kamo retire? I didn't bother to read the OP........ .
You could start by putting a roof and walls around the toilet.
Mine has stood the test of time, circa 2006 and still accepting.
Funny how wacky waterfowl nuts think alike. I've already been scouting and there's a pile of Canadas in a slough between an island and the mainland of the river nearby...
It must have been weird to work in that ivory tower atmosphere rampant w/ smug entitled academics and their sycophants. Change is a good thing and I am sure you are capable of creating a situation that suits you. Over 46 years I had 3 separate and disparate careers and enjoyed the new challenges. Will you relocate and seek a new environment?
Enjoy your freedom
mike r
Few have any idea just how bad it is in the kind of place I just left, unless they've witnessed it themselves. Rabid BLM support groups, LGBTQ types constantly in your face, all gender restrooms, forced 'diversity', law faculty expounding in person and via media channels about how LE and our military are baby killers and fascists and murdering scum. Required attendance in indoctrination type politics and behavioral 'adjustments' required by HR. I was excoriated last year for politely, but strongly publicly disagreeing with a faculty member after he posted a long, nonsense-based diatribe about how 'white supremacists' and neo-Nazis and organized ex-military were easily identified by their wearing Hawaiian patterned shirts and that everyone should own at least one so as to not let those evil types 'win' and begin their evil plan to overthrow the goobermint. I kid you not. The guy conducts all his law lectures in jeans and a Hawaiian shirt, BTW.
Black/LatinX (their spelling) empowerment associations and pro-communist/socialist law societies. It's sickening, and for years I've been ashamed to have been a part, but didn't have the guts to pull out. My tongue probably has scars from my biting into it to keep me from blowing up and tearing into so many of these types on a weekly basis. I've literally seen a rapid disintegration and decline not only of the profession but of American society itself. There are exceptions, of course, but IMNSHO they are that now--the exceptions. Funny thing is, those that espouse all these liberal ideals and will collude and protest against what we here see as a free American society are themselves a bunch of spoiled rotten, supremely entitled, hypersensitive little lemmings who feel like they're fighting some kind of imaginary oppression. Everyone gets a trophy! Disagree with any of them and try to argue against them? You'll be run out of town on a rail and labeled as a racist, an oppressor and indeed, an enemy. Thought police stuff, for real.
I admit that I stayed so long because it was easy to just coast and basically keep my mouth shut and enjoy a decent salary, a very generous benefit package that allowed me and the wife, with her working as well, to live reasonably comfortably, pay our bills, pad my retirement investments, get world class health/dental insurance and that with the Mrs.' earnings allowed us to do things like travel internationally on an annual basis, including lots of hunting and fishing trips, afford a nice home and cars and boats and MCs and other toys. And then, for me, a biggie was the fact that I got about 12 weeks' paid time off, with allowances for all holidays, sick time, personal time, snow days, etc., which allowed me to do my outdoors stuff--a lot. About the only thing I'll miss, other than being able to help people who couldn't find/obtain stuff on their own. I was one of the few who'd break the rules and do research for people not affiliated with the university and as such I was technically not supposed to help them or even let them into the facility.
During this whole shytshow COVID thing, out of 20 odd staff, I was one of only 4 who were required to be in the office. I was deemed to be safe, despite my being the only staff member missing a lung. Lot of funny stuff that HR pulls, I learned. I was asked to take on a great deal of research/reference duties, those I was not being compensated for. I was frequently treated like shyt by my ungrateful CU Next Tuesday boss, the same one who hasn't been in the office since March of 2020. I had my retirement match suspended. I was told that staff wouldn't be getting a raise for the next 24 months. I was furloughed for six weeks. Recently the IT people set the parameters so that many of the places I visited on the web, including AR, were banned. Of course if I'd exercised my right to carry concealed of even have a firearm in my locked vehicle, I'd have been terminated then and there. In 2020 my compensation package was reduced by almost 20%, despite me doing a lot of heavy lifting for others as they sat at home. When I was informed a couple months back that we'd all be required to get 'vaccinated', I told my wife that that was the last straw and I was going to bounce.
As far as what Roger said, the parking issue was way, way down on the list of reasons that made me finally pull the trigger on leaving. That said, paying $8K a year for a parking spot and fuel, and driving an average of 20K miles a year just getting in and out of work I surely won't miss.
Future is uncertain for us at the mo', but ideally I'll be starting a business where I have no one to answer to but myself soon. I've planned well and can easily pay all bills for a couple of years if necessary, and by the time I retire my portfolio should be good for a couple $Ms, but I plan to get crackin' in a bit and acting on a couple of plans I've built over the years but never had the guts to jump into. Think I'll shoot a bunch of birds first. My soul has been worn kind of thin of late, and I need to take some time for me, and for me and the wife. And the pups, of course. I'm confident that we'll come out of this just fine, though it is definitely a kind of awkward time and I'd be lying if I didn't say that there have been some sleepless nights. Anyway, long, boring rant over and thanks again for the nice thoughts, gents. Except you, Big Jim. You're a dick.
ever think of writing a version of you last post for publication in one of the local papers there, especially if there is a semi conservative leaning one in the broad metro area?
Can't imagine what the Institute of Higher Learning I went to is like now. Was cool seeing younger folks' heads explode when they were required to take beginning Stats from a Forestry Professor and he explained a few things logically that the couldn't avoid having the gears in their little brains shift gears and start thinking critically again.
Good luck with the business propositions when you get started on them.
ever think of writing a version of you last post for publication in one of the local papers there, especially if there is a semi conservative leaning one in the broad metro area?
Can't imagine what the Institute of Higher Learning I went to is like now. Was cool seeing younger folks' heads explode when they were required to take beginning Stats from a Forestry Professor and he explained a few things logically that the couldn't avoid having the gears in their little brains shift gears and start thinking critically again.
Good luck with the business propositions when you get started on them.
Best wishes for you and your families future. Hard to turn those kind of bucks down. Look forward to your bird hunting, fishing, dog and food photos. Glad you're on here.
It must have been weird to work in that ivory tower atmosphere rampant w/ smug entitled academics and their sycophants. Change is a good thing and I am sure you are capable of creating a situation that suits you. Over 46 years I had 3 separate and disparate careers and enjoyed the new challenges. Will you relocate and seek a new environment?
Enjoy your freedom
mike r
Few have any idea just how bad it is in the kind of place I just left, unless they've witnessed it themselves. Rabid BLM support groups, LGBTQ types constantly in your face, all gender restrooms, forced 'diversity', law faculty expounding in person and via media channels about how LE and our military are baby killers and fascists and murdering scum. Required attendance in indoctrination type politics and behavioral 'adjustments' required by HR. I was excoriated last year for politely, but strongly publicly disagreeing with a faculty member after he posted a long, nonsense-based diatribe about how 'white supremacists' and neo-Nazis and organized ex-military were easily identified by their wearing Hawaiian patterned shirts and that everyone should own at least one so as to not let those evil types 'win' and begin their evil plan to overthrow the goobermint. I kid you not. The guy conducts all his law lectures in jeans and a Hawaiian shirt, BTW.
Black/LatinX (their spelling) empowerment associations and pro-communist/socialist law societies. It's sickening, and for years I've been ashamed to have been a part, but didn't have the guts to pull out. My tongue probably has scars from my biting into it to keep me from blowing up and tearing into so many of these types on a weekly basis. I've literally seen a rapid disintegration and decline not only of the profession but of American society itself. There are exceptions, of course, but IMNSHO they are that now--the exceptions. Funny thing is, those that espouse all these liberal ideals and will collude and protest against what we here see as a free American society are themselves a bunch of spoiled rotten, supremely entitled, hypersensitive little lemmings who feel like they're fighting some kind of imaginary oppression. Everyone gets a trophy! Disagree with any of them and try to argue against them? You'll be run out of town on a rail and labeled as a racist, an oppressor and indeed, an enemy. Thought police stuff, for real.
I admit that I stayed so long because it was easy to just coast and basically keep my mouth shut and enjoy a decent salary, a very generous benefit package that allowed me and the wife, with her working as well, to live reasonably comfortably, pay our bills, pad my retirement investments, get world class health/dental insurance and that with the Mrs.' earnings allowed us to do things like travel internationally on an annual basis, including lots of hunting and fishing trips, afford a nice home and cars and boats and MCs and other toys. And then, for me, a biggie was the fact that I got about 12 weeks' paid time off, with allowances for all holidays, sick time, personal time, snow days, etc., which allowed me to do my outdoors stuff--a lot. About the only thing I'll miss, other than being able to help people who couldn't find/obtain stuff on their own. I was one of the few who'd break the rules and do research for people not affiliated with the university and as such I was technically not supposed to help them or even let them into the facility.
During this whole shytshow COVID thing, out of 20 odd staff, I was one of only 4 who were required to be in the office. I was deemed to be safe, despite my being the only staff member missing a lung. Lot of funny stuff that HR pulls, I learned. I was asked to take on a great deal of research/reference duties, those I was not being compensated for. I was frequently treated like shyt by my ungrateful CU Next Tuesday boss, the same one who hasn't been in the office since March of 2020. I had my retirement match suspended. I was told that staff wouldn't be getting a raise for the next 24 months. I was furloughed for six weeks. Recently the IT people set the parameters so that many of the places I visited on the web, including AR, were banned. Of course if I'd exercised my right to carry concealed of even have a firearm in my locked vehicle, I'd have been terminated then and there. In 2020 my compensation package was reduced by almost 20%, despite me doing a lot of heavy lifting for others as they sat at home. When I was informed a couple months back that we'd all be required to get 'vaccinated', I told my wife that that was the last straw and I was going to bounce.
As far as what Roger said, the parking issue was way, way down on the list of reasons that made me finally pull the trigger on leaving. That said, paying $8K a year for a parking spot and fuel, and driving an average of 20K miles a year just getting in and out of work I surely won't miss.
Future is uncertain for us at the mo', but ideally I'll be starting a business where I have no one to answer to but myself soon. I've planned well and can easily pay all bills for a couple of years if necessary, and by the time I retire my portfolio should be good for a couple $Ms, but I plan to get crackin' in a bit and acting on a couple of plans I've built over the years but never had the guts to jump into. Think I'll shoot a bunch of birds first. My soul has been worn kind of thin of late, and I need to take some time for me, and for me and the wife. And the pups, of course. I'm confident that we'll come out of this just fine, though it is definitely a kind of awkward time and I'd be lying if I didn't say that there have been some sleepless nights. Anyway, long, boring rant over and thanks again for the nice thoughts, gents. Except you, Big Jim. You're a dick.
There is nothing like retirement until someone has had the chittt beaten out of them for near 30 years or so of pure competition, daily, worldwide... One asks, "can I afford to retire?"...
There is nothing like retirement until someone has had the chittt beaten out of them for near 30 years or so of pure competition, daily, worldwide... One asks, "can I afford to retire?"...
It must have been weird to work in that ivory tower atmosphere rampant w/ smug entitled academics and their sycophants. Change is a good thing and I am sure you are capable of creating a situation that suits you. Over 46 years I had 3 separate and disparate careers and enjoyed the new challenges. Will you relocate and seek a new environment?
Enjoy your freedom
mike r
Few have any idea just how bad it is in the kind of place I just left, unless they've witnessed it themselves. Rabid BLM support groups, LGBTQ types constantly in your face, all gender restrooms, forced 'diversity', law faculty expounding in person and via media channels about how LE and our military are baby killers and fascists and murdering scum. Required attendance in indoctrination type politics and behavioral 'adjustments' required by HR. I was excoriated last year for politely, but strongly publicly disagreeing with a faculty member after he posted a long, nonsense-based diatribe about how 'white supremacists' and neo-Nazis and organized ex-military were easily identified by their wearing Hawaiian patterned shirts and that everyone should own at least one so as to not let those evil types 'win' and begin their evil plan to overthrow the goobermint. I kid you not. The guy conducts all his law lectures in jeans and a Hawaiian shirt, BTW.
Black/LatinX (their spelling) empowerment associations and pro-communist/socialist law societies. It's sickening, and for years I've been ashamed to have been a part, but didn't have the guts to pull out. My tongue probably has scars from my biting into it to keep me from blowing up and tearing into so many of these types on a weekly basis. I've literally seen a rapid disintegration and decline not only of the profession but of American society itself. There are exceptions, of course, but IMNSHO they are that now--the exceptions. Funny thing is, those that espouse all these liberal ideals and will collude and protest against what we here see as a free American society are themselves a bunch of spoiled rotten, supremely entitled, hypersensitive little lemmings who feel like they're fighting some kind of imaginary oppression. Everyone gets a trophy! Disagree with any of them and try to argue against them? You'll be run out of town on a rail and labeled as a racist, an oppressor and indeed, an enemy. Thought police stuff, for real.
I admit that I stayed so long because it was easy to just coast and basically keep my mouth shut and enjoy a decent salary, a very generous benefit package that allowed me and the wife, with her working as well, to live reasonably comfortably, pay our bills, pad my retirement investments, get world class health/dental insurance and that with the Mrs.' earnings allowed us to do things like travel internationally on an annual basis, including lots of hunting and fishing trips, afford a nice home and cars and boats and MCs and other toys. And then, for me, a biggie was the fact that I got about 12 weeks' paid time off, with allowances for all holidays, sick time, personal time, snow days, etc., which allowed me to do my outdoors stuff--a lot. About the only thing I'll miss, other than being able to help people who couldn't find/obtain stuff on their own. I was one of the few who'd break the rules and do research for people not affiliated with the university and as such I was technically not supposed to help them or even let them into the facility.
During this whole shytshow COVID thing, out of 20 odd staff, I was one of only 4 who were required to be in the office. I was deemed to be safe, despite my being the only staff member missing a lung. Lot of funny stuff that HR pulls, I learned. I was asked to take on a great deal of research/reference duties, those I was not being compensated for. I was frequently treated like shyt by my ungrateful CU Next Tuesday boss, the same one who hasn't been in the office since March of 2020. I had my retirement match suspended. I was told that staff wouldn't be getting a raise for the next 24 months. I was furloughed for six weeks. Recently the IT people set the parameters so that many of the places I visited on the web, including AR, were banned. Of course if I'd exercised my right to carry concealed of even have a firearm in my locked vehicle, I'd have been terminated then and there. In 2020 my compensation package was reduced by almost 20%, despite me doing a lot of heavy lifting for others as they sat at home. When I was informed a couple months back that we'd all be required to get 'vaccinated', I told my wife that that was the last straw and I was going to bounce.
As far as what Roger said, the parking issue was way, way down on the list of reasons that made me finally pull the trigger on leaving. That said, paying $8K a year for a parking spot and fuel, and driving an average of 20K miles a year just getting in and out of work I surely won't miss.
Future is uncertain for us at the mo', but ideally I'll be starting a business where I have no one to answer to but myself soon. I've planned well and can easily pay all bills for a couple of years if necessary, and by the time I retire my portfolio should be good for a couple $Ms, but I plan to get crackin' in a bit and acting on a couple of plans I've built over the years but never had the guts to jump into. Think I'll shoot a bunch of birds first. My soul has been worn kind of thin of late, and I need to take some time for me, and for me and the wife. And the pups, of course. I'm confident that we'll come out of this just fine, though it is definitely a kind of awkward time and I'd be lying if I didn't say that there have been some sleepless nights. Anyway, long, boring rant over and thanks again for the nice thoughts, gents. Except you, Big Jim. You're a dick.
Hahaha!
You are a good man.
Good luck to you.
Hope you dont have to eat too many cats and fish heads in your retirement.
You’ll be replaced by somebody who’s better than you and cheaper than you and you’ll be forgotten in a matter of days.
Good job!!!
Sounds like Leighton has carefully put himself in a position over the years that he could give a rip how the people in the cesspool he just escaped from remember him or not.
But I’m thinking he’ll be missed, and hard to replace.
You’ll be replaced by somebody who’s better than you and cheaper than you and you’ll be forgotten in a matter of days.
Good job!!!
Go suck a dick.
Stop projecting your fantasies…f a g.
Roger fùcked his cousin.
What do you think he could do to you?
Watch out.
Now THAT was funny!
Yep. You and your genus crew and Zero and Biteme arent.
Too gutless to be a man, huh, and say Trump is the better man than your CCP loving boitch Biden, right? Or are you still part of the 5% who would still vote for him.
Come on, say it again. Say Trump grabbed a pussy. Sheesh. [bleep] moroon.
Tell us a story of a war hero and how he would have been with you pushing biteme or Zero.
After some 27 years, last Sunday @ 8pm EST I turned my back on a career in academia, specifically as an admin monkey at one of six law school libraries in Boston, MA. .
Good work!
I'm poised for something like that myself should the need arise.
Kamo Gari the next thing is escaping The People’s Democratic Republic of Massachusetts ! I’m not usually for GD Yankees moving to Florida but you would make a great addition to the Partially Free State of Florida !
Kamo, your posts sound like you are past burnt out on this job anyway. I suspect that this forced choice will turn out to be a great blessing. Good on you for being prepared. Your foresight will give you great freedom. It will be fun to see where you land.
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