I got called on the carpet for my wrongthink too. It was in response to a direct question. My boss agreed with my opinion but told me that he was chewing me out just because he was told to and agreed with my opinion. It was more just so he could say he did it and I really didn’t care about the twit who “turned me in.”
I’m not far from being able to retire. My wife and I were just talking about a Home Depot job. I have actual expertise in one of their departments so I’d be a good hire.
I do customer product training and am really good at it. One of my other thoughts is to continue to work for the company on a consultant basis doing strictly specific training events.
I found out that where I used to work they now have preferred pronouns at the bottom of every email. It’s a major corporation for crying out loud. I told my friend that still works there that if I was there, mine would be, “I’m XX. You figure it out.”
Yeah, regarding home depot: We only have Lowes in my small town. But I have been a “home handyman” for decades. If I were to work there I’d know the location of every item in the store (I practically already do), and have a lot of experience regarding product usage and what works best. Kinda like when I sold hi-fi back in the 70’s and won every sales contest.