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Flatlander Dec 2023 12:19pm, 11 Dec 2023 3,007 posts	0 Flatlander I thought you might.
Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr) Dec 2023 12:24pm, 11 Dec 2023 48,791 posts	0 Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr) It's a good thing Fetch isn't an App with notifications on your phone. Can you imagine Mrs J's phone going "Ping, ping, ping-ping" and colleagues saying "What is your phone telling you?!" G
Ness Dec 2023 12:30pm, 11 Dec 2023 36,952 posts	0 Ness 😂
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Dec 2023 12:32pm, 11 Dec 2023 40,006 posts	0 Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) 😂 My phone was pinging with messages from my friends, good job I was wfh 😂
Shades Dec 2023 12:52pm, 11 Dec 2023 1,379 posts	0 Shades Congratulations Mrs Jigs, enjoy
Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr) Dec 2023 12:57pm, 11 Dec 2023 48,792 posts	0 Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr) Now that you've left, can you say what your job was and who the company was and whether you liked it originally and if not latterly, and if so, why it had changed? G
Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr) Dec 2023 1:00pm, 11 Dec 2023 48,793 posts	0 Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr) Actually, can we make that a standard exit interview for anyone who retires (obviously optional whether you want to answer, but useful for some of the rest of us to understand?) Anyone who has retired recently (or not recently) want to step forward? What was your job? Who was your employer (anonymise it as "one of the big 5 retailers" or otherwise if you want)? Did you like your job when you started or at some previous point? Did you like it by the time you chose to retire? Do you feel you retired later than you would like, about the right time (or hopefully unusual, but were you forced to retire earlier than you would have liked and wish you could have worked longer?) G
Raptor Tat Tat Dec 2023 1:14pm, 11 Dec 2023 66,744 posts	0 Raptor Tat Tat You made it, Mrs Jigs Welcome aboard!
Hanneke Dec 2023 1:20pm, 11 Dec 2023 115,838 posts	0 Hanneke When I semi-retired in February 2014, I was an international art dealer Loved it until the last couple of years or so and took redundancy when my colleague wanted to retire early because it was no longer fun. I decided to can it too.
Hanneke Dec 2023 1:20pm, 11 Dec 2023 115,839 posts	0 Hanneke Congratulations Mrs Jigs

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