Older, experienced workers now joining 'The Great Resignation'

Sharyl Attikisson ^

[Tench_Coxe]

The following is an excerpt from Becker's Hospital Review.

The latest group of workers to quit their jobs are older, tenured employees with decades of experience under their belts, reported Vox April 30.

While earlier in the pandemic, the droves of workers quitting tended to be younger, less experienced and working in the service industry, those joining the Great Resignation now are older and more tenured.

[zeugma]

ITIL is a great way to grind productivity to a halt. It does create a crapload of useless busywork for certain folk who can't live without checklists though.

[Myrddin]

I may give it a try. I’m tired of the 8 to 5 gig.

8 to 5? What a charmed life. 55 to 80 hour weeks is the norm on my projects. I just hit 30 years with my current employer and age 65 last year. Dec 31, 2022 marks the "max social security" date for me. In my salary range, I need to be careful to end my "fiscal" year on Dec 31. A couple paychecks into January, and my tax bracket would make a lesser income taxed to the point of being pointless.

I'm not anxious to retire, but at some point I will get tired of the endless death marches. I suspect the government will become insolvent and cease being able to fund my contracts well before I opt to make a disciplined exit from the workforce.

[Vermont Lt]

The amount of wake crap going on in hospital administration these days is amazing. The other day my wife was asked to write an article on “health equity”. I walked by her at the kitchen table and she had just finished her call. She was muttering to herself …”Heath equity….what the hell is that? And I have to write 800 words on it.”

Last fall she needed to write an article on Asian hate crimes. In her research she found that in our area, there hadn’t been any. And in our region, when it happened it was all black on Asian. She struggled trying to pretzel that into a woke piece that the bosses liked.

And…none of this stuff has anything to do with treating patients.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

They likely don’t care how many people WILL die from this coming mess.

[no-s]

> after over 100 applications and only 3 interviews and zero offers im just about ready to call it quits.

Yeah, I feel for ya. If you have some skills in demand, hang in there. I took 5 years off and came back at 60. It was brutal, but I eventually scored a job. However I’m seriously going to try the consulting route next. Otherwise remote-only.

I like your freepername. Note that Elon Musk likes the same science fiction as us...

[cgbg]

Interesting post—we are entering days similar to the Spanish Inquisition.

At that time every written word had to conform to Church Doctrine—even if the job had nothing to do with it.

I predicted twenty years ago that there would be a crazy new religion—and it looks like it is here now.

[Harpotoo]

I was going to work till I was 66 and a 1/2 years but then the State threw this crap at me and I’m so far refusing to take any of these courses! So 65 is it as I’ve had it!!!
The Science of Bias
What is unconscious bias
Why is it hard to talk about bias
What does bias look like
Whats the difference between bias and instincts
Overcome your unconscious bias

[caww]

When you retire the first thing I noticed and had to adapt to was I was free of time constraints. You get busy doing all the projects and things you've put off and it feels grand! Then you begin doing whatever you want to on a daily basis - including just plain enjoying your day.

I've never seen so many beautiful sunrises and sunsets - and so worth viewing. You gain appreciation for all you really didn't have time for before. And your heart and mind grows closer to God.

I often thought how did I get everything done before retirement! It's because you forfeited those things pretty much as you were under someone elses clock.

My son has told me he has never seen anyone as happy in retirement as I am. Primarily because nobody is over me daily but myself - and I love that immeasurably.

[minnesota_bound]

#6 Good place for retirement information.

Early Retirement & Financial Independence Community
https://www.early-retirement.org/forums/

[gitmo]

The sad part is you can't replace tribal elders with village idiots.

Yeah. You’ll end up with Joe Biden playing with the nuclear buttons.

[Avalon Memories]

Leaving FTE and going contract is an option, but I really want to retire.

[Betty Jane]

If you live near a college, this is moveout week. Lots of kids throw so much stuff away. Furniture, clothing, books, posters. If it doesn’t fit in the car or on the plane it gets left behind. Let him know there are some good pickings at some colleges.

[minnesota_bound]

#78 I had a manager (early 50’s) at my last place I worked who was a bad speller. His emails were embarrassing as were his text in Teams.

[EVO X]

The response has been to micromanage employees to death. It seems to be the line of thought that if you can’t correct an employee, you just monitor them to 5 minute intervals.

If one is a salaried employee(exempt from overtime) that is likely illegal. If one is a hourly worker, suck it up....

[sauropod]

Good for them.

I can’t swing it.

[minnesota_bound]

#81 I had to take ITIL courses with quiz’s when new management showed up. It was mind-numbing boring and had nothing much to do with what I did but a 3 levels higher up IT manager thought we should take them between calls. It was gobbledygook catch phrases that could have been boiled down to do a good job and be nice to others.

Google: itil courses boring
Others share just how boring.

Example: ITIL Foundations is literally the most boring thing I’ve ever encountered

It just feels like such an overwhelming flood of buzzwords that is needlessly complicated just to prove you could memorize their exact terminology.

I seriously cannot finish this. It’s just so boring, I can’t do it. In addition to that, I’ve been working in IT for about 7 years now and have various levels of management positions... I’ve never heard of this degree before. This feels like such a waste of my time and I need advice on how to stay motivated/focused without burning through all my ADHD medicine.

[AmericanMermaid]

I was going to highlight a portion of your post, and then realized the whole post spoke to my heart! Hoping to be able to say the same soon.

[caww]

Oh I’m certain he’s aware of that - our area has a Sunday Flea Market every week. On amain road it gets lots of traffic. I’ve only stopped a few times because I keep forgetting they have it.

This guy just loves what he’s doing - I met him at a thrift shop looking at sets of glasses. We just struck up a conversation about thrift shopping so i learned about his “trade” then.

I know another guy who refinishes furniture and resells it in his front yard. Beautiful pieces. ...and a labor of love restoring them.

There’s so many options for retirment. Another guy builds all sorts of wooden objects throughtout the year then sets up a rummage sale in his yard for a week-end. Sells most of it.

[caww]

Early retirement is wonderful!

[kearnyirish2]

ObamaCare ensured few people born in the 1970s will be retiring any time soon; retiring at 62 with partial SS has become unattainable for most as the health insurance costs would drain their savings.

During the 2008 bailouts some economists warned it would add 10 years to the working life of the average American worker; seemingly-unrelated ObamaCare assured compliance.

Some people in union and/or gubmint jobs can retire in their 50s; unless you’re very wealthy, you’re out of luck. Also, if adult children rely on your medical insurance, retirement may have to wait...