On 1/28/2013 8:36 AM, John McKown wrote:
I'm jealous. Wish I could retire. Thankfully, I only live 15.4 miles
from work. Most likely, this will be my last job. When they "let me
go", I will likely be unemployable due to age and health. My boss says
that I might be able to get contract work, as needed, as a sysprog. I
did that for about a year when I was only about 40. I did not like it
at all. Many problems with actually getting the company to give me any
money. I had to walk of the job in the middle of a project, owned over
a month's wages, before they paid me.
I understand that if you are a contractor to a body shop,
the body shop is often not paid for 45 days (I hear IBM is
one of the culprits here), then the body shop won't pay
it's people for another 45 days. 90 days before the worker
gets paid is not anywhere near fair, but they got you.
Fortunately (knock on wood), I have _never_ been stiffed.
But I have had to wait as long as 120 days (accounting and
paperwork snafu's on their end, so they say). But lately
companies have been paying reasonably quickly. My favorite
clients even pay in advance(!).
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Aled Hughes <aledlhug...@aol.com> wrote:
All the very best to you and your family Eric!
ALH
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From: Eric Bielefeld <eric-ibmm...@wi.rr.com>
To: IBM-MAIN <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>
Sent: Mon, Jan 28, 2013 10:26 am
Subject: My Last Days as a Sysprog
I'm finally calling it quits. I have this week off, and then I work 2 more
weeks. Then I will retire. I find it harder to do my job as I get older.
Also, living 170 miles from home 5 days a week isn't much fun.
One thing I'm looking forward to is playing in 2 different blues jams, one
on Tuesday and one on Wednesday. That's something I really miss now.
Tomorrow I'm looking forward to playing. Usually you play about 1/2 hour.
There's a lot of people I know there also, so it'll be fun catching up. I
think the last time I played in the jam was last summer. I play guitar.
I'm not sure if I'll stay subscribed to IBM-Main. I suspect a few weeks
after I'm done at work, I'll set my account to nomail. I've learned a lot
from many of you. It's also really good to be able to get answers and
different opinions when yu have questions.
Eric Bielefeld
Sr. Systems Programmer
414-475-7434
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