Do you miss the people you worked with before retiring? (retired, separate)
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I'm just curious, because a lot of people talk about missing their former coworkers like they have lost a bunch of friends or something along those lines. I was always at work to work and didn't care to get to know my coworkers, most of whom acted fake anyway, so missing them was never a problem when I left a job.
No (mostly) -- but they were good people and I wish them well in a tough work environment. My old boss and mentor is one that I miss and hope to visit this year if I can.
We still get together with a few who were close friends. We live near a tourist destination that's an easy drive from our old town, so people we know tend to stop by while they're in town. When work friends visit I enjoy hearing about work antics and people I used to know, but otherwise I really don't think about them at all. By the way, when I do hear the stories I'm so grateful not to be there anymore. It sounds like my old workplace has become pretty stressful.
Yes. I worked with and for some great, hard-working, caring people. I occasionally get together with a couple of them for lunch.
I've been told I could come back whenever I want and workable flexible schedule. I've done that occasionally for specific projects; however, I don't plan to come back anymore now that the leader of our group has retired.
There is only one workplace at which I had a lasting friendship with a coworker that carried on after I retired. Although there are a few people from that same company who found each other and me on Facebook, that’s about it. That was also a couple of jobs prior to my last one.
I can barely remember the people with whom I worked at my last job. I really don’t miss any of them. For me, work and friends were always separate entities.
Where I worked, we also lived at the facility. We had a common back yard, and fenced yards, we did some activities together: Barbecues, volleyball games, other kinds of games, talking across our common fences. We all had kids too. At one point there were 17 kids from toddlers to Jr. high school kids. We, at times had to handle emergencies, sometimes in the wee morning hours. I've been retired for 6 years, but I still keep in touch with many of the people I worked with. I will always consider them friends. Not everybody mind you. I also worked with some jerks, but for the most part good people, committed to a common cause.
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