danowood 2,167 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staticvar 56 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Been here...for many years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddmaster 957 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Sounds like congratulations are in order!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danowood 2,167 Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 Sounds like congratulations are in order!!! I retired 7 years ago after of 35 years of working among the fumes, chemicals, shift work, fires, and other hazards. The worst part was poor management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4krow 5,059 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 It's been 10 years since my last official career. It took about 5 years for the night terrors to die down. I was proud of my work, and ashamed of my company. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodH 4,820 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Do I want to ask what you used to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danowood 2,167 Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 Do I want to ask what you used to do? I don't know, but I posted because of the song, and it was in the field which I worked for 35+ years. I know you didn't ask, and wasn't pushing anything on any one here, but was a cool song IMO. Any one could relate to it, it didn't have to be refinery orientated . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4krow 5,059 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 In my case, I started with the Bell System, and couldn't have made a better choice. Then the breakup of '83 happened, and slowly at first, customer service declined in small ways. Then they called us 'US West' and that was a step down, but nothing compared to when the new name became Qwest. At that point it was like not wanting people to ask who you worked for. You know, "Oh I work for the IRS, but only the good part." In this case, we made a bad name in every state that we serviced. After I left 10 years ago, they changed their name a couple of more times. When they call to tell me of retirement benefits, I tell them to just take me off of EVERY list that they have, and consider it even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodH 4,820 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Do I want to ask what you used to do? I don't know, but I posted because of the song, and it was in the field which I worked for 35+ years. I know you didn't ask, and wasn't pushing anything on any one here, but was a cool song IMO. Any one could relate to it, it didn't have to be refinery orientated . Actually, I was asking 4krow, but thanks! I can relate, as I'm sure many a member here can. 19 years ago I sold my business and joined a food packaging company as plant engineer. It was fantastic at first. Family owned business, a dozen plants across the US and Canada. We were treated very well, we allowed to do our jobs and our successes were handsomely rewarded. A few years in, the patriarch of the owner family decided his time was up and he wanted to buy a vineyard in Napa and devote his time to that. The company was sold to a large international corporation that seemed to be well in tune with the business we were in. There were a few minor re-alignments but for the most part, they trusted us to continue doing what we were good at. Then the world changed. That company had holdings in sectors that went to crap and they decided to divest themselves on 'non-core' business units. That meant us. Our division was sold to another much larger multinational that was more of a merger and acquisition company ( we referred to them as murder and acquisition ) than a manufacturing one. The cuts came in waves. Waves like on the open ocean, one right after the next. I got so sick of walking employees with 20+ years in the company out the door. It was soul destroying. Then the consultants came. Salaries got cut, benefits dwindled and pension contributions got decimated. As more high level staff got let go, the remaining few were tasked with covering their responsibilities atop our own. One day we walked 2 more senior staffers out and I got called on the carpet to be told I was now required to cover both of their jobs. Entirely. Not having enough pension to consider retiring, it was time to find other employment which thanks to my extensive connection in the local business community only took a couple weeks. I'm happy for anyone who manages to get out of the rat race. Congrats! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gold98gtp 295 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Retired in September 2008, 31.5 years at Delco Electronics / Delphi. Enjoying every minute of retirement. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslan7 954 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Congrats on your (I'm sure) storied career Dano. If anything, it is quite a feat to go 35 years at the same company - or derivation thereof. Welcome to a new chapter in your life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbskeam 1,725 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 19 years ago I sold my business and joined a food packaging company as plant engineer. It was fantastic at first. Family owned business, a dozen plants across the US and Canada. Who? this is where I work, http://formostfuji.com/ hit 25yrs about 2 weeks ago.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadvw 2,802 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Congrats to those who have retired! I am about to retire from the place I am at, take some time off, and then go back to work next year to finish out my working years. I am 55, so I can take my money and run....grin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgrau 84 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Good song....retired in 2014 after 40 years in Aerospace. Got lucky as the last company I worked for (Boeing) also bought up the other two companies that I spent the rest of most of my career with (Rockwell and MacDac) and they combined all of my ~39 years of service time with these three companies into one bigger pension than the three little ones would have added up to. Started a big home project on the 1st Monday of my retirement and I have not looked back nor thought much about old work since. Had some fun/interesting/challenging times but don't miss the work at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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