retirement party; 35 years at the same job

[walterjay]

I was expecting it to be bigger.

I was expecting it to be bigger.

It has everything I need including a work bench across the rear and a nice loft for storage

 

[Dave Hess]

I like that garage away from house.

 

[ripcord]

I was expecting it to be bigger.

Bad, ripcord!!! Must not use The Office punchline...

 

[Leo99]

The 82 year old mechanic at my work has been at our dealership in the Toyota department since they got a Toyota franchise in 1985. Unfortunately he will never retire he says as he doesn’t believe in retirement and has no money saved up for retirement or personal use either. He says he loves working and that his parents told him to never retire I guess he took it literally.

Management has been trying to run him off but like he said he has nothing if he quits or retires so he’s not going to leave. I personally enjoy having him there and he’s a great resource when something old or odd comes in he can tell us all about it.

Is he correcting social security at least? He paid into it, might as well get back some.

 

[AutoMechanic]

Is he correcting social security at least? He paid into it, might as well get back some.

Yes he is. That’s how he survived when he was flat rate because he wouldn’t hardly turn any time.

 

[Leo99]

Well, I gave my retirement notice. Don't know what I expected, but they ran out and got a surprise cake for me the same day and balloons and they were a lot of hugs and thanks for my contributions over the years. It was really very touching. I'm very blessed.

 

[Pew]

His wife is 30 something years younger than him and has a really good job and is close to retiring from it. It’s the only wife he has had. And he got her from the Philippines in 1997 and had her brought to the United States apparently that was a pretty common thing to do back then was mail order bride. At first I didn’t believe him until he brought the paperwork in to prove he did and I heard from some older techs at our shop that worked there then that said they were there when he went thru the whole process. I don’t know how much he paid for this process but I’d say quite a bit.

In today's money, it can be in the high thousands to the tens of thousands for the dowry. Generally the younger, better looking, and more obedient they are, the higher the cost. I'm willing to bet part of that is him giving her parents overseas monthly payments.

My thoughts on having to get a mail order bride.....well....lol.

 

[Arc]

our union (UFCW) is a bit different...at least with my employer... our benefits, (former pension, 401(k), healthcare, etc) are direct from the employer, not through the union, not even negotiated. the only negotiated bit, is our pay, and the amount of time off we get... retail is odd... ( AFAIK we get the same health care, and retirement options as the Non union stores)

Thats a good way to do it. When the IBEW handles it they syphon off a few dollars for themselves.

 

[andrew_j]

Loyalty and dedication towards one's profession seems to be gone these days with younger workers who want to start at the top instead of working their way up the ladder.

Young workers want to work up , a reality is it is a quicker rise moving company to company generally than staying at same place. Moving up is not being high performance in work(you get stuck) it’s more about other soft skills .