Having worked most of your life at the same place, building your career, just to reach a point where you are doing the job you hate but can't do anything about it because you are so close to becoming retirement eligible. I see so many people stuck in this pattern. Absolutely despising it here but not able to leave. There's no better incentive to look for a new job than seeing those people die a little more inside every single day.
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I'm retirement eligible. I could retire today and be just fine.
But if I left today my life wouldn't really change. So I'm just going to the same old office, logging in to the same old computer, calling into the same old meetings, filling out the same old forms, and essentially stretching the same old 45 minute job so it fills 8 hours every day, just to keep collecting the paycheck.
If they're stupid enough to keep paying me for this, then that's on them. I'll gladly take their money for as long as they want to keep dishing it out.
Severance package? Heck yes, I'd take that in a heartbeat.
Don't believe the "abundance of jobs" hype. Job openings may be elevated, but that doesn't mean businesses are actually hiring for them. Here's an extreme example:
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/florida/os-ne-florida-man-applies-to-60-jobs-in-experiment-20211025-rw57xdotl5btfcwofxkk5rlrbu-story.html
Hobbies sc--w you my time at this place almost ki---d me. Believe me you are only a number they care zero about you. I have never seen so many shameless worthless people all in one place and hope I never do again. Liars Thieves Shameless Adultery by tons of staff especially management. They would steal from their grandparents trust them not. Go elsewhere it's not worth it!
I'm a few years from retirement and I quit and got another better paying job.
May depend on what you do, but if you really want something, age isn't really an issue for most people, you just need to get your head right.
@chp+1dyz7s4i You took the words right out of my mouth. The young man you're talking about is certainly clueless but thinks he's clever.
Some guys they just give up living and start dying little by little piece by piece
Some guys come home from work and wash up and go racing in the streets
A job is like marriage. At some point you may need to divorce because your spouse is a d-bag from Chase.
Each person is motivated by different values and financial situations. I don't like my job, my boss, or this company. However, the job pays well and seems as stable as anything else out there. Right now my values are to provide for my family and lift my family's socioeconomic status for future generations. Hopefully I can support my kid(s) more financially when they start their careers and get them off on the right foot that my parent(s) and prior generations weren't able to give their children. If can lift my kid(s) socioeconomic status from lower middle class (how I and my prior generations off the boat lived) to upper middle class, then my sacrifice in having a job that is kind of crummy is worth it.
When i was younger, i worked third shift for Target. Each night around midnight or so this real old guy named Jack would show up and he was do product facing (pull products forward, make labels face outward, and make the displays look pretty and organized) until about 5:00. Super nice guy, whenever i was stocking product near him i would chat with him. One day i asked why he was doing this at his age. He responded that his wife had terminal cancer and he needed a break from taking care of her all the time, so he picked up this job to pay for the nurse to watch over her during this time period. It’s when his wife was typically sleeping, so he wouldn’t miss spending awake time with her (she still needed full time watching over her), but he needed to leave and take his mind off home for a while, and this job allowed him to do that. Still chokes me thinking about that man. Don’t try to understand why people do things they do until you actually know why they do it.
That's a lot of assumptions. Also, there's nothing uplifting about ceaseless negativity and hopelessness.
Post ID: @qxt+1dyz7s4i
Go talk to your parents and then come back and let us know if your POV has broadened Hopefully they raised you to be smarter than you are displaying on this thread. Many of us worked longer than we wanted, in jobs which paid well but weren’t our dream jobs, to help pay for our kids’ college educations. I am working longer because my husband is sick and we need the health insurance. Just pointing out that you don’t know what you don’t know.
It’s sad when people stay at their job for years without learning any new skills nor even curious as what else is out there. Enjoy easy money for years and hope that it will continue to come until retire. Only regret now because things are changing. Well no pain no gain.
Post ID: @hjs+1dyz7s4i
I responded to the condescending remarks of Post ID: @hjw+1dyz7s4i, who brought up the Help Wanted Signs and who, obviously, has no idea what it is like to be older and looking for a new job (which is the topic at hand based on the OP’s post).
I can get into a more intelligent and uplifting discussion about seeking happiness in the workplace, but have no desire to do so with a patronizing commentor with a limited world view.
You know what’s truly sad? Not having a steady, decent-paying corporate job for most of your adult life, or the opportunity to retire when you reach a certain age. Plenty of Americans are forced to work well past age 65. Quit if you are miserable, but maybe also reframe your “problem” rather than feeling sorry for yourself.
Yeah, that's the ONLY jobs available right now. You can't even build a good straw man, so in your case I concur, you're options are quite limited.
Seriously though, none of us are breaking rocks in the hot sun. Do your job, apply for positions more agreeable to you, and land one. Stop pretending like it's impossible or that you don't have options. You're not handcuffed to that desk and if you still have a job at WF you're doing a heck of a lot better than the thousands and thousands that were laid off.
Post ID: @hjw+1dyz7s4i
Yes those Help Wanted signs at Cracker Barrel/Party City/the local grocery store are quite enticing. Good thing we have you to solve problems and pass judgement.
There's literally never been more businesses hiring. Open positions are everywhere you look. You can't throw a rock without hitting 3 help wanted signs. In this environment, it's difficult to feel sorry for anyone that hates their job. It's not like it's mid 2009 and there's no jobs to be had. Apply, interview, land a job, and leave. There will never be a better time. The reasons for not leaving a job you don't like are imaginary. No one is stopping you, but you.
A telling survey question for longer-term employees would be who is hanging on at WFC hoping for a 6 - 12 month severance package. I would bet at least 50%.
sorry, OP but I have to disagree with you.. What's the incentive to stay just because you'll be "retirement eligible"? All that means is that you can go on the WF retiree healthcare plan (if needed). Big whoop. If I hated my job that much I would 100% be looking for something else whether I was 5 years from retirement or 20. Life is too short to put in this much time at a company and in a position you do not like. Let alone the fact that the culture is practically toxic here now.. Not worth it. Find something else and be happy in your time before you retire.
sounds to me like you don't have enough hobbies outside of work