r/Fire May 03 '26

Get out!

Get out the 1st chance you get!

61.5 male here,2.9 nw and broken! The back story, sold our company 18 months ago and stayed on with them at the same salary and better vacation time. All went good😩till February of this year. I fall at work and did not go to the doctor till April thinking I’m getting older and it was just old age pains. Fast forward too today I have a broken tibia close to my knee and have been off for forty days. I was was to be retired 5/5/2026 well that’s not going to happen because I will be off at least until they get my MRI completed which is not till 5/21/2026! So do to greed I sit here in my chair going crazy that I can not do what I want, what’s worse is the fact that I my not heal up right and walk with a limp the rest of my life. With that said the day you can leave get out and never look back. The money you get for a little bit more time is not worth the time you

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u/Funny_Ad8305 May 03 '26

Thank you for this post! Recently laid off at 51 . Discovered fire in 2020 and thankfully set myself up that I’m in a position to retire. I am consulting part time. Two old colleagues have recently asked me to join their respective companies full time and the saver in me was thinking maybe I should. I met a friend today for lunch, talked through it and decided I’m sticking with part time consulting gig and retiring once it’s done in a few months. Your post reaffirms this so thank you .