I QUIT
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David LaPell
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I always hoped if I won the lottery I would send my boss an email with a link to Johnny Paycheck's "Take this job and shove it" but most of the people running the place are too young to know anything about that song.
I think it was in Ma a guy checked his lottery # in the morning paper and he won, he went into work and told them to shove it, then he went to the lottery headquaters to cash in his ticket, guess what, it wasnt a winner, it was a miss print in the paper. [emoji46]
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Jack Flash
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Sounds like he did it backwards!
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gasaman
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Thank you Morgan88.
I have 35 years experience in my trade.
The job I left was literally at the end of my street, 1.6 miles from driveway to parking lot. It also had a good benefit package but new State job has great benefits.
I have 35 years experience in my trade.
The job I left was literally at the end of my street, 1.6 miles from driveway to parking lot. It also had a good benefit package but new State job has great benefits.
Congratulations gasaman! I have worked for the same fool for almost 25 years. He gets meaner, uglier and more foolish every year. And what’s worse is I have to look at him in the bathroom mirror every morning!
Bayou52
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"It also had a good benefit package but new State job has great benefits."
Generally, state or federal jobs have very attractive benefits packages. I left the private sector and entered federal employment almost 18 years ago. Great move for me...
Bayou52
Generally, state or federal jobs have very attractive benefits packages. I left the private sector and entered federal employment almost 18 years ago. Great move for me...
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Back in the late 1970s I worked at a place where the unofficial motto seemed to be "Screw all the employees in every possible way every day." That song went through my mind constantly. I didn't stay there long.
daddio202
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It's a scary thing to do if not prepared. I walked out of an over $100K a year job where I had been working for 22 years. No notice or nothing - just couldn't take the bull **** anymore. Chop off my nose to spite my face. It all worked out in the end and found another (better) but less paying job within in a month. It always has a way of working out in the end. Good luck!
So my state taxes now get to pay your salary and benefits?
That's a disturbing thought!
Just kidding!
Good luck with your new job! 
I work for the same guy-he AIN'T nice at all, don't even think about asking for more money-his wife and kids take it all.
Not to change the topic, but this is why the states are in such trouble, trying to fund all those now coming due pensions. Don't get me wrong, I would loved to have gotten on the train, but didn't. But my wife did
Lot to be said about working a lower paid government job for 25 years, vest in a nice pension in your late 40's and then move into the private sectorIt's certainly what I should have done.Not to change the topic, but this is why the states are in such trouble, trying to fund all those now coming due pensions. Don't get me wrong, I would loved to have gotten on the train, but didn't. But my wife did
Working in the private sector these days is for fools. All those folks I know who went into the public sector are sitting damn pretty right now while I am struggling to survive on social security and little else. Why didn't someone teach me that when I was younger? 
hoosierone
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I know a couple in Illinois who both have jobs with the state. For all practical purposes, Illinois is bankrupt. They are in their late forties and somewhat concerned whether or not they will receive their full pensions down the road.
Not to worry, Govt. employees will get bailed out by taxpayers.
Always first in line for the rainbow stew. They aren't the only
state to be in the red on retirement benifits. I don't know about
state level but at county level it is amazing how many people are
double dipping and a few triple dipping on retirements.
That's my goal. My dad did it as well. I don't see anything wrong with getting three pensions after 40 something years of 80 hour weeks. Lots of ways to do it. Local, state or federal government for your main career, retire as soon as possible, be lucky enough to draw right away and still have the same health insurance as when you were working, then maybe to state or county long enough to be vested in second pension (five to seven years for most),and able to draw a little bit more right away, then sell your government skills in the private sector until you get tired of working, throw in a little military retirement at 60, start drawing Social Security at 62, save the private sector 401K for gun and beer money, happy life.
Not everybody is willing or able to do that. If you can, more power to you . . .
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I always said that if I won the lottery the last thing I would do is quit my job. But, I would have gotten fired in a spectacular fashion.
venomballistics
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heck ... your probably pushing it with a link to Nine Inch Nails "Head Like A Hole"
Congratulations gasaman! I tried to "take the high road" once by putting in a two week notice at a company I worked at for 12+ years (1980-1993). So, I walked into the President's office (owners oldest son) and told him. He said, "If you don't want to work here, leave now". I knew that was coming (he was an a-hole and was known for doing that). I already had my toolbox packed so I walked downstairs, grabbed my toolbox, walked out and started my new job the next day. Best career move I ever made.
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I get a 2nd pension, but it's what I saved into my own IRA over and above what my employer set aside for my defined benefit pension. Never rely on only what the employer may give you, it might not be there. I only take out of the IRA what I have t by Fed Law, (after 70.5 age), and the earnings every year make up for the withdrawal so actually the fund continues t grow. If nursing homes don't eat it all up some day there might be somethings left for the kids.
Triathloncoach
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Almost 10 years ago I moved from NJ to Georgia. I have cop and teacher friends in both states. Speaking with each I know why NJ is drowning in debt. The difference in benefits and retirements is as stark as the differences in gun laws. Win-Win on the move to Georgia.
Best wishes in your new job. ��
Best wishes in your new job. ��
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I had 37 years in with the company I worked for since I graduated from high school. However, my wife had had a serious medical problem and needed full time care. I had no idea what I was going to do. I prayed, and prayed about it.
Then one day at work my supervisor came to me and asked me about a job he'd told me to. I told him I had done it. He snapped back, "It doesn't look like it."
Well, fire flew through me, and I stomped out and did it again. Then I came in, sat down and thought to myself, "They'll pay me half this to stay home."
I called the main office and told them I wanted to retire. The nice man asked when I wanted to start. I replied, "This afternoon at 4:30. I'm never coming back." He laughed and said we could do that. He took some information, and told me to call back the next day to finish it. I asked if I needed to tell anyone. He replied that I didn't have to tell a soul if I didn't want to.
I wrote a note in the log book. "I retired today!", signed it and left with the shift going off. I threw my leg over my motorcycle and hung my head. "Lord. It's in Your hands now. You promised to take care of my needs. I know You didn't say anything about wants."
He's taken care of us everyday since then. I still work a little, but it's a job my wife can be with me. No more worries about caring for her.
I guess I quit with a safety net.
Then one day at work my supervisor came to me and asked me about a job he'd told me to. I told him I had done it. He snapped back, "It doesn't look like it."
Well, fire flew through me, and I stomped out and did it again. Then I came in, sat down and thought to myself, "They'll pay me half this to stay home."
I called the main office and told them I wanted to retire. The nice man asked when I wanted to start. I replied, "This afternoon at 4:30. I'm never coming back." He laughed and said we could do that. He took some information, and told me to call back the next day to finish it. I asked if I needed to tell anyone. He replied that I didn't have to tell a soul if I didn't want to.
I wrote a note in the log book. "I retired today!", signed it and left with the shift going off. I threw my leg over my motorcycle and hung my head. "Lord. It's in Your hands now. You promised to take care of my needs. I know You didn't say anything about wants."
He's taken care of us everyday since then.
I still work a little, but it's a job my wife can be with me. No more worries about caring for her.I guess I quit with a safety net.
As a former Human Resources Director and later, president of an executive search firm, I would never recommend that someone quit without having already secured a new and better job.
Saying that, I have to admit I did it twice - it felt good, and trusting in the guy upstairs, it all worked out well. Still, it's risky.
And yes, I once worked for real taskmaster - me - and then had to meet a payroll every week. Nothing will give you a greater understanding of the need for doing a great job than that. There was no safety net other than faith at the time.
I'm now happy to be retired and earning a comfortable living using what writing and photographic skills I have developed over the years - on my own terms and on my own time.
I will have to say I never in my life have collected unemployment insurance, nor have I worked for any government entity other than the U.S. Army!
John
Saying that, I have to admit I did it twice - it felt good, and trusting in the guy upstairs, it all worked out well. Still, it's risky.
And yes, I once worked for real taskmaster - me - and then had to meet a payroll every week. Nothing will give you a greater understanding of the need for doing a great job than that. There was no safety net other than faith at the time.
I'm now happy to be retired and earning a comfortable living using what writing and photographic skills I have developed over the years - on my own terms and on my own time.
I will have to say I never in my life have collected unemployment insurance, nor have I worked for any government entity other than the U.S. Army!
John
I do hope your early out was your choice and not for medical reasons. I hope you enjoy a long and healthy time off.
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