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In reply to the discussion: I retired a little over two years ago and I can honestly tell you this. [View all]G2theD
(593 posts)Except for the melanoma, my experience is very similar. (the best to you in that fight).
I loved my job working as a mainframe system programmer.
But at the same time I was tired and beaten down by the pressure and really bad management above my manager. Constant audits by medicare/medicaid, Tricare, and veterans health insurance. You couldnt go 2 months without an audit.
So, as soon as I was eligible for Social Security, I said screw this place (I had given them a years notice and spent a few months educating
my replacement! and didnt look back.
Its funny my manager was a climate change denier and very religious. One day he was talking about how abortion was bad. I said well then dont get one. He wasnt amused. He didnt like my politics either. So we made a pact to never talk about politics and religion. After that I discovered that he was a very nice person. We became pretty tight at work. Luckily he used to be a system programmer ((VTAM, TCP/IP) and not a manager that knows absolutely nothing about what you do. I miss him a lot. We text each other from time to time.
My last day was 1/4/2021. I do what ever I feel like doing and the freedom, lack of work pressures, and not answering to the man is heaven on earth.