Congratulations on your retirement. I am just a few years behind you. When the last of us Baby Boomers retire, the rest of the workforce is going to really miss us. In fact they already are. Over the past 10 years, an immense amount of talent has already left the workforce and I’m definitely feeling the effects in my company.
It's one of the reasons I'm going (in addition to saying f*** it to paying that corrupt a-hole Biden any more of my hard earned tax dollars.)
The reality is NO ONE wants to work any more and I'm tired of putting in 60+ hour work weeks because of the sense of pride I ... and those like me at the bank ... have in doing a great job.
The generation behind us doesn't give A.F. about doing a great job because they look at work differently than I do.
I've always had a sense of pride in doing the best job I can, and at times that came at the expense of family. It's probably one of the reasons I'm divorced.
The generation after mine looks at work as a "means to live" which is completely different from many in my generation who lived to work.
My own opinion of course and I may be wrong about the generation after mine. All I know is, I'm tired and I want to do something else and more meaningful with my life.
I'm also pushing 60, and the men in my family are typically dead by 73. I want to make the most of the time I have left.