Just retired

vicsam100

Hi all ,
More of a gripe than a question , i retired last week after 20 years loyal service to my company . The lads had a whip-round for me , but i recieved nothing from the company not even a card.:( I am furious after the times i have done a lot to help out in the past. Really mean i thought ..... there just thought i would get it off my chest.
Thanks for reading my gripe

AlwaysLearnin

Not very compassionate perhaps. Maybe a sign of the times.

Still, you can console yourself with the fact that your time is now yours and no-ones elses to say what you do with it.

Congratulations, and enjoy!

MABLE

Get on with your well earn retirement and do not dwell on the past. It was only a job and thats it.

scottiescott

All too common I'm afraid.
At least the lads thought something of you and that probably means more to you than anything.

somethingcorporate

5 days after you left it will be business as usual for everyone else.

That's just life - be thankful you don't have to go back to work.

Put your feet up and just remember, tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life! (without work!).

PeacefulWaters

vicsam100 wrote: »

Hi all ,
More of a gripe than a question , i retired last week after 20 years loyal service to my company . The lads had a whip-round for me , but i recieved nothing from the company not even a card.:( I am furious after the times i have done a lot to help out in the past. Really mean i thought ..... there just thought i would get it off my chest.
Thanks for reading my gripe

You were just a necessary cost on the outgoings side of their profit and loss statement.

I fully agree with your sentiment. You give yourself to a firm and they can't even say thanks. It stinks. Alas, it is very much how it is.

Perhaps if those in management roles spent more time thinking about the people that work for them instead of the processes provided to "manage" (hit people over the head) with British workers would be happier and more productive.

Goldiegirl

Don't let it eat you up.


In any job, it's the people you work with that really count, rather than the faceless company.


Your lads clearly thought well of you, as they had a whip round - they are the people that count.


When you remember work, remember the good times with the lads.


But in a few weeks, you probably won't think of work much at all - you've got more important things to do now, like enjoying your well earned retirement.

Thrugelmir

vicsam100 wrote: »

Thanks for reading my gripe

Perhaps you weren't as important as you thought you were. When it comes to work. I'm unsentimental. Have to be as there's always something to be swept up.

Vortigern

vicsam100 wrote: »

...nothing from the company not even a card.

I could let you have a framed letter from a company chairman for a small fee

seven-day-weekend

My husband got NOTHING from his school when he retired, other than a personal letter from the Head. He took early retirement at 55. Someone who thought he was a friend has not spoken to him since.

I can only assume this is because they thought he had got a golden handshake, when in fact the reverse was true, he had to lose 1/3 of his pension for taking it early.

I don't think they liked the fact that we were going to live in Spain either.

Very hurtful.

Anyway, OP, enjoy your retirement, we have!

green_man

but i recieved nothing from the company not even a card.:(

Are you Yaya Toure

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/10842712/Yaya-Toure-considering-leaving-Manchester-City-because-the-club-failed-to-wish-him-happy-birthday.html