Re: Life Goes On

QVCkitty1 · ‎05-23-2015

@bmorechick wrote:
Life sure does go on. I'm still working at 67 and I have been a state employee for 50 years this coming Sept. I could have retired 20 years ago with full benefits and continued group medical coverage, but I had young kids and couldn't afford to do that. I had not built up enough cash flow yet raising kids.

Fortunately, there haven't been layoffs at our facility but a lot of times when folks did retire, others assumed parts of their duties (including me) because there wasn't a rehire in that position. So because of that, we are down to a skeleton crew, but we make it work. It's ALL controlled by budget, spending, what agency gets what, etc. thats in every business.

We as professional health care employees consider ourselves pretty lucky. While we can't get some of the supplies we used to, that budget has been redirected to total services for our clients. Yeah, we miss the old days but you get past it quickly.

Will I retire this year?? Eh,maybe. I'm having too much fun at work to consider it. While our group is smaller, we still carry on, cut up, chase each other thru the hallways and yep, we act like high schoolers but boy is it fun. When we need to be who we need to be, we are the best at what we do.

@bmorechick , I hear you, I was in health care too and I retired early. However I was urged to come back per diem and I did that for 5 more years. I finally did retire for good and I enjoy it and now a younger person filled my spot and is happy to have a job. Circle of Life.

" You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts."
Daniel Patrick Moynihan

bmorechick · ‎03-11-2010

@QVCkitty1 Yep circle of life for sure. Many of our nurses retired from State service but came back per diem as well in another capacity...like administrative desk work when needed.

CelticCrafter · ‎03-09-2010

The world is not going to come to a screeching halt and fall off it's axis because there was a major layoff at a major corporation and viewers favorite hosts were a casualty.

It's not the first time massive layoffs have happened, it won't be the last.

MikeMad · ‎10-16-2020

The way I understand it, both hosts got a severence package. I've been around long enough to know that when these decisions are being made, it's not a popularity contest....it's who is bringing in the numbers. These hosts probably were at the lower end of the spectrum, hence the lay off.