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The staff assistant was very good about making sure people got what they were supposed to, so yes, I took all of my vacation, personal, etc. days prior to my official retirement date. We didn't get a set number of sick days; if we were sick we stayed off as long as necessary. I think companies come out better that way.
I was forced into 'retirement' when I turned in a boss for embezzlement. I've been self-employed ever since. I take whatever sick time I need whenever I need it. :-)
My employer wasn't structured that way, unfortunately. When an employee retired, they'd be given a third of the total amount of their sick leave remaining. Some employees thought it wasn't much of an incentive and they would use up every drop of sick time. But we accrued a specific number of sick days per pay period. An employee would be given their entire number of vacation hours upon retirement though. I've heard that companies make out better and I suppose the same is to be said for the employees, when sick leave is structured as yours was.
Nimitz, unfortunately some times it doesn't pay to be honest. But I bet you wouldn't change things even if you could. I'll never understand why the good guy somehow turns into the bad guy sometimes.
"Nimitz, unfortunately some times it doesn't pay to be honest. But I bet you wouldn't change things even if you could."
You got that chit correct!! Compared to where I was, where I am is heaven on earth! The journey wasn't easy--all it cost was two weeks in a nuthatch, a career, a marriage and a house--but in the end the reward was easily ten times what I lost. Not that what I'd win or lose had anything to do with the decision (I was too naive to realize what the cost would be at the time), but still...
"I'll never understand why the good guy somehow turns into the bad guy sometimes."
In retrospect I think it's a test. It's the way God separates the sheep from the goats as it were. Some people pass through the fire better than they were, and some people...don't. I don't know this for sure, but it's my 'working theory.' :-)
Thanks for the kind words in any case.
Nimitz, that's a great way to look at it.
