Retirements/Going-aways are always awkward at my place of employment, too.
We recently had a rising star, extremely sharp, well-spoken, personable, beautiful, friendly, the ideal co-worker, who just about everyone loved, decide to leave and go to law school. Management was shocked because they thought they were grooming her to start to move into management. They can't see that it's still a pretty toxic and horrible environment for women here - even for those they think are being well-treated - and a pretty frustrating environment overall if you want to make timely progress.
They didn't ask themselves, "Why would someone who spent 5+ years getting a STEM PhD, who worked at 2 other places before coming here, why would they decide to leave just as they were about to move into management? Why would they give up totally science after all of that effort just when it's starting to pay off??" So, they won't figure it out... :-/
I'm sorry that you had to suffer with similarly brain-damaged managers. I'm glad you were able to see things through and to (pretty-much) retire on your own terms. It's a great accomplishment and a rare one these days!
Enjoy your day, even if it's just from an "I can't believe this is so lame" vantage point. :-D
Cheers,
Scott.
We recently had a rising star, extremely sharp, well-spoken, personable, beautiful, friendly, the ideal co-worker, who just about everyone loved, decide to leave and go to law school. Management was shocked because they thought they were grooming her to start to move into management. They can't see that it's still a pretty toxic and horrible environment for women here - even for those they think are being well-treated - and a pretty frustrating environment overall if you want to make timely progress.
They didn't ask themselves, "Why would someone who spent 5+ years getting a STEM PhD, who worked at 2 other places before coming here, why would they decide to leave just as they were about to move into management? Why would they give up totally science after all of that effort just when it's starting to pay off??" So, they won't figure it out... :-/
I'm sorry that you had to suffer with similarly brain-damaged managers. I'm glad you were able to see things through and to (pretty-much) retire on your own terms. It's a great accomplishment and a rare one these days!
Enjoy your day, even if it's just from an "I can't believe this is so lame" vantage point. :-D
Cheers,
Scott.