The Retirement Thread
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Jul 2022
11:36am, 25 Jul 2022
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TROSaracen
Oh and his retirement ‘gift’ was a proper nasty carriage clock we knew he’d hate. On unwrapping it the bitter old sod cradled it in his had as if it was a turd and said ‘well the wrapping paper was nice’. We laughed about it for years after, his leaving made us really happy! I’m |
Jul 2022
11:38am, 25 Jul 2022
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Flatlander
B Rubble I believe that about your mother. That occurs too often, probably not just in the NHS. Standing up to my boss on behalf of myself, staff, and patients lead to increased bullying of me by him. In my experience, it is those managers who don't do the same work as you who are the ones who think you are not good enough. Particularly those managers who are statistics driven, forgetting that treating patients who have variable needs cannot be accounted for by statistical calculations. |
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Jul 2022
11:40am, 25 Jul 2022
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Flatlander
TROSaracen he sounds a very horrible person, not just a horrible boss.
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Jul 2022
11:42am, 25 Jul 2022
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lammo
I'm sure it's much worse in medical roles etc, but those words about managers who don't do the same work as you and are statistics driven, covers a large range of industries i suspect, certainly true where i am. Hope you can all move on (and certainly hope i can) |
Jul 2022
11:45am, 25 Jul 2022
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Velociraptor
I believe that too, B Rubble. My mother also went into nursing in her teens and I'm sure she was an excellent nurse. She's not a gentle and compliant person and can rub people up the wrong way, but she's immensely practical and competent and would have been a superb advocate for patients and colleagues. She had some experiences so bad that she's not only blocked out incidents and individuals but also the fact that she worked in a particular geriatric hospital at all. I remember; she used to come home and offload about things that had happened, and my sister and I used to play at hospitals with Mum's main adversary as our imaginary villain.
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Jul 2022
2:27pm, 25 Jul 2022
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LazyDaisy
Interesting chat up there about burnout. A friend of a friend worked for John Lewis virtually all of his working life, but at about (IIRC) 30 years in he was allowed a year-long sabbatical. I wouldn't have said his job was particularly stressful (though what do I know about that) but the year out meant he returned refreshed and ready for the next ten years to retirement. I thought that was very enlightened of his employers and it's something which might help retain valuable and experienced staff longer term, as well as being good for the employee. I've no idea if they still offer this. |
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Jul 2022
2:29pm, 25 Jul 2022
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lammo
They do LD, now 6 months though i believe and i think its a 25 year service reward
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Jul 2022
2:30pm, 25 Jul 2022
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GregP
You get a three month sabbatical after ten yours as full time stipendiary clergy. At least in my diocese you don.
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Jul 2022
2:39pm, 25 Jul 2022
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um
Out of interest, and not retirement related, I've seen a couple of times that there's a big spike in job change/resignations after 10 years, and other key milestones. Seems people stop and reflect and think 'is this what I wantd to be doing after 10 years' (or 20 or 25) and often vote with their feet. So offering a sabbatical of some sort may mitigate that? |
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Jul 2022
2:41pm, 25 Jul 2022
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GregP
Hmm. When I was in my 'proper career' I never hung around more than four years for fear of being seen as stagnant or under ambitious.
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