[Kenton]

People, wait till your job description gets redefined into something that you can no longer do, whether it's because of age or health or whatever. HR knows this, it's how they trim the workforce. You'll be forced to retire, then the people in HR will get a big bonus.

I'd call you a cynic, if I didn't agree with you so much. I've got 34 paydays left until I retire (but whose counting). And then I'm out of there on the Friday before my 62nd birthday. And I don't trust anyone who works in HR anywhere.

Like I say, I don't trust any of them. And I work for a GOOD company. They keep you around as long as they need you, then sayonara, baby.

Fortunately, they have me stacked up with 5 years worth of projects, so I think I'll make it before they're "done with me". I hope.

[Ciexyz]

Congrats and good luck with your imminent retirement. BTW, I heard of one case, from a friend who works in a law firm, of a company laying off a gentleman ONE DAY before he became vested in a pension.

In my Dad's case, he was cut by his firm six months short of qualifying for a pension, which in that era was ten years. My Dad had worked for that firm for nine years and six months. That blow badly damaged my Dad's self-esteem and caused my family great hardship. But hey, who cares? That's the workplace, they get you one at a time. That, my friends, is one reason why I'm a cynic about the workplace. (The other reason was my former venue of employment from which I retired, but we won't go there. It's past history.)