i thought about my reply.  it might need an amendment.  i dont know who i will be when i retire.  3-6 years.  i might become a lazy Dick.  hahahha.  or health issues that slow me the heck down.  dunno.  

 

i do know this.  i will finish my projects 100%.  might take me longer, but i;ll get done.  i wont leave headaches for whoever follows me.

 

that is my rub.  i am taking over for a dude retiring in a month. i keep looking at what he needs to get done, and the list isnt shrinking.  i have to keep my own area, that i spit shined into a shining turd happily humming along (took me 2 years to clean it up) and then take on his new brand new turd.  i think i got the assignment because i got my area done! he had some stuff languishing for a year, and i made 5 phone calls, and poof!!  the got fixed.  3 days, it took me 3 days.  

 

i'm screwed.  i may have to find a new position within my organization.  i bet my temp area becomes my permanent area..unless i totally choke it and drop, burn, lose, the ball.  

 

before you all label the old man lazy.  he was in a horrific work accident at work.  three passengers and only he survived.  we lost 2 coworkers that day.  i think i was just hired.  the guy got surgery after surgery and a decade of PT.  i think he is in daily bad pain.  i get it.  it is why he is retiring in the first place.    chronic unescapable pain would deflate my work ethics 100%.  i get it.  

Why wouldn’t I? I have integrity and a strong work ethic, and while I am being paid to be a professional I’m going to continue to act as one.

I’d still give my customers excellent treatment, but I’d give my company the same effort and loyalty they’ve shown me, which is next to none.

Well my company is folding and has been losing money for years and we refuse to change anything so after 16 years I’m looking at starting something else, might have completely wasted a customer base and building skills all this time. Yee haw. So instead of retiring I’m starting a new career and retiring is a pipe dream 

 

I’ve got a bunch of buddies that stay way too busy remodeling , kind of intriguing. Some days I wish I never went to college, they made it sound like you get a gold watch and a cake on your last day 

I kept working but I started taking some of the easier work orders. I was doing a job that was physically demanding and hard on the body. It was time for the younger guys to figure out how to get it done.

 

Looks like it is time for @TnRiver46 to start up his own business.

12 minutes ago, Log Catcher said:

I kept working but I started taking some of the easier work orders. I was doing a job that was physically demanding and hard on the body. It was time for the younger guys to figure out how to get it done.

 

Looks like it is time for @TnRiver46 to start up his own business.

That’s one option on the table but my wife runs her own business so it would be nice to get some insurance somehow, it’s thru the roof . 

I honestly do not have an answer because I will never retire. I might not do what I am doing now but, I’ll always need some form of income.

48 minutes ago, Susky River Rat said:

I honestly do not have an answer because I will never retire. I might not do what I am doing now but, I’ll always need some form of income.

Yes sir! I like to eat 😂 

I work hard for my people, my team. I work hard for my peers, and my supervisor. Mad respect for them all...and will continue to do so for the next ~9 years until retirement. 

 

Promises were made to me in the past...and were not kept. Not cool, but I'm employed, and very much enjoy my work.