The deed is done! Last Monday I told HR and my immediate supervisor of my decision to retire at the end of the year. It was well received by them, but what could they say or do? There are others here on campus who have told me how much I'll be missed and how much I've done for them over the years. Those are the people who count... because Administration is Administration and they value no one!
The sad thing is the work I do here will go undone because I hear they want someone with a higher degree in statistics or analytics. Good luck... that person, of course, will make a boatload more money than they pay me, and that person will have to do 1/2-1/3 the work I do. That person will not care about data integrity, the way I do.. making sure it's correct in the system.
There are many other things that I have done, can do and did do over my 16 years here that no one will pick up. They'll remember how I used to do that for them, and I can only hope someone picks up the slack, but as I've been saying...."not my problem."
My official departure date is 12/31, but with the holidays, my last day of work is 12/21 (the end of the Mayan Calendar, and truly the end of the world as I know it!)!! YIKES... 15 working days left!
I'll probably write once or twice more to let you know how the end went,
'til next time...
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