[JimRed]

There is a difference between firing and choosing to leave for personal reasons. Did the work you performed have a company-paid pension plan? That's a reason to be less concerned with SS. Or perhaps you are fully vested, just awaiting the age at which you can collect.

I might have done the same as you under similar circumstances and similar employment. But I work on commissions with no guaranteed income except my SS and occasional paid valuation jobs. Who do you know thinking of selling or buying a home, anywhere in the world? My referral service is top-notch, and my local (coastal central NJ) service as well!

8^)

[originalbuckeye]

No, no and no. I had no pension ever from any job. I was told be other supervisors that she was trying to get in a younger workforce. Period. The first guy left before me and I was the second. Since then 10 techs, mostly older, left because of her ‘management style’. And upper management loved her as she ‘rode herd’ on ALL the people under her (and the younger ones didn't have the experience to realize this was wrong). I had had enough. And my blood pressure thanks me for leaving. No, I would have done much better financially, if I had stayed. So, I do not have a lot of empathy when people think bad teachers should be able to stay, on the off chance that a handful of Conservative teachers might be able to stay. Conservatives aren't usually hired in the first place. And my manager was a big Lib.....you know, one of those oh so tolerant people who think they are a gift to everyone around them? I didn't talk politics in the lab, but I'm sure people were aware of where my allegiance was.