[quote=zzz][quote=bearishgurl].
I have to laugh at the Piggs’ (primarly Gen Y on this forum who have worked less than a decade and already want to “retire,” lol) opinions on why I don’t deserve my small pension. These “workers” are obviously either “working from home” or sitting in the office with their feet up on the desk in private offices with jeans, a t-shirt and flip flops on with a laptop/tablet on their lap, music playing in headphones and Piggington on their taskbar. 🙂 They no doubt have access to free parking, company coffee carts, company gyms, company jogging trails and wide-screens in their company cafeteria serving healthy food, etc. These workers really have no idea what most boomers did all day to earn their pay. Not a clue.
I would compare my “career” (which earned me a small pension) to serving in the military (except for no deployments and 8-5 pm only) :=0
Basically, it was all about proper “face time” and getting ALL your work done before 5:00 pm.[/quote]
BG, I’m sorry, but your list of why you’re entitled to a pension is laughable. The work you did, the expectations at work, um this is life and no it hasn’t changed that much. There are people my age or younger who have to deal with far worse, work much longer hours, in shitty neighborhoods and with little to no perks to speak of. Hardly anyone I know outside of silicon valley or NYC has free gym, free lunch, free anything at work. And if they do, its because they work 15hrs days. No they don’t put in “face time” as you said, they are actually productive.
You really need to get in touch with what’s going on in the world. And stop being so entitled.[/quote]
zzz, I never said those “perks” at your company were “free” (exc maybe the parking, widescreen and “jogging trail”). I said they were “available” to you.
Let me ask you, zzz. Would you rather have a job where you had to “dress up” and have 8 hours of completely accountable “face time” per day (plus commute time) or work at home (for “15hrs days” as you say, lol)
What if you were a parent of infant(s), toddler(s) or small children (maybe your are)?
And I won’t even post the zip codes that I lived in while working in my “cushy” gubment positions. There is no need to here. Why?
Because you wouldn’t even drive thru them, let alone live in them.
Your post describes the badge of youth. Everyone’s got (or had) the same problem.
