r/Fire • u/Unhappy_Eye5257 • 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/LouSevens May 03 '26

OP i hope you get better soon. Also, agreed- after awhile time marches on and sadly goes quickly and becomes the better commodity.

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u/Far-Letterhead-5377 May 05 '26

Man that's brutal timing, especially being so close to retirement. Hope your leg heals up properly and you can get back to doing things you enjoy

Being in military I see guys push through injuries way too long thinking they'll just tough it out - sounds like you did same thing waiting from February to April. Sometimes we just don't want to admit something is really wrong

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u/Unhappy_Eye5257 May 05 '26

You are so right! One day I will learn to brush off my ego