Mortgage free in Forever Home :-)

skint_spice

Onwards and upwards! I hope you find something soon where you are actually appreciated.

PennysIntoPounds

Getting a payoff to not be around these absolute tools sounds like an excellent outcome. 
Be mindful of taking extra good care of yourself in the meantime x

South_coast

Aaaaannnndd the Pampered Prince useless report will no longer be your problem 😀! 

Personally, I'd start just letting him do whatever he wants and completely ignoring him, but you may be slightly less vindictive than me and have more respect for whoever replaces you!

Brie

South_coast said:

That sounds like an excellent and actionable plan for today 👍 But please stop telling yourself 53/54 is old! 

Yup!  Quite agreeing with this.

Now I can tell that I've never been in your league as to jobs but just want to put it out there that I got my last corporate role at 59 and when delightfully made redundant at 64 I went out and got a (carp paying) very interesting p/t job.  My brain keeps telling me I'm 30 something.  My knees disagree but I'm trying to ignore them.  

When the head clears a bit take a squint at your cv and then pass that to your corporate level friends to review for you.  And start chatting a bit about a move with your corporate network to see what might be coming up.

Watty1

Just caught up.  So sorry to hear about the job but I like the view that at the time you got the job you were the right fit, now you are not as things have changed so now time for both of you to renegotiate.  As for being "too old" i very much doubt that, you have skills experience and a work ethic which seems notably missing in your young recruits and I think employers are very much aware of that these days.
Think about your corporate network, who do you know, who can help review skills and CV, provide references and maybe network with.
Being clear about what you need to earn, what you want to earn (they are different I think ) and what next would work for you will be so helpful. 

Sending hugs. You are bound to feel down, indifferent, ill but I have no doubt there is something so much better round the corner.

KajiKita

@f0xh0les, @skint_spice, @PennysIntoPounds, @South_coast, @Brie and @Watty1 - thank you all. 

The Pampered Prince (quite enjoying that term 😉) I think will be leaving before me! He made a mistake by scaring the HR officer with threats of suicide. That manipulation has really got to her …
That’s reassuring Brie - I hope it’s true of me too. 😊
Watty that’s all good advice and an interesting perspective about being older. 

Had a reasonably productive day:
- lots of knitting - starting shaping shoulder on the back panel of my new jumper
- dead headed in the garden and brought some flowers in
- emptied out all the trays under the patio pots into a bucket and used it to feed the remaining active tomatoes in the greenhouse 😊
- potted up the baby spider plants that have now rooted in water and put the pot up in the bathroom
- rolled up the hose that Mr KK used to empty the water butts into the bottom pond and moved the plastic bin it’s all stored in to somewhere out of sight
- worked with Mr KK to measure up the failed double glazed units x 5 (finally! ) so we can get on and order / replace those before the really cold weather comes
- wrangled various loads of washing 
- caught up on all financial transactions, started looking at what my minimums are - need to do more on that 
- had cwtches with two Little Cats in bed this morning ❤️



KK

beanielou

Those wee faces. 😻😻

LadyWithAPlan

Brie said:

South_coast said:

That sounds like an excellent and actionable plan for today 👍 But please stop telling yourself 53/54 is old! 

Yup!  Quite agreeing with this.

Now I can tell that I've never been in your league as to jobs but just want to put it out there that I got my last corporate role at 59 and when delightfully made redundant at 64 I went out and got a (carp paying) very interesting p/t job.  My brain keeps telling me I'm 30 something.  My knees disagree but I'm trying to ignore them.  

When the head clears a bit take a squint at your cv and then pass that to your corporate level friends to review for you.  And start chatting a bit about a move with your corporate network to see what might be coming up.

Yes so true, your EXPERIENCE and knowledge is a great advantage, tx to Brie highlighting this so well. Stop letting the misguided boss get into your head and about your value, stop it .

Write down all the things you are great at, what you bought to the table  this job and where you feel now there is gaps. Are these gaps you could/want to fill in training? I am doing a 6 week  AI evening course this term to keep me updated

savingholmes

Hi KK

I'm sorry it's not the ending to the role you were hoping for. You are better than they are though. You will get something good next.

PennysIntoPounds

Awwww the cats, the cwtches, the gorgeous bedding! 😍