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[Steve]

I hit 25 in January. Health insurance is my primary hold up at the moment...

I hit 32 years in February. My hold up is age. I’m eligible for early out, if they offer it. But there’s a minimum age for retirement and I’m a few years away. If they offer early outs, I’m going to consider it very seriously.

 

[Xue Sheng]

I hit 25 in January. Health insurance is my primary hold up at the moment...

I can go today, and I would have health insurance, it is just a matter of how much I want to pay out of pocket and how much they will cover. That is based on the amount of sick time I have, I max out in 2027. That is why I have to see what the difference is in the out of pocket bit between 2026 and 2027

 

[Xue Sheng]

I hit 32 years in February. My hold up is age. I’m eligible for early out, if they offer it. But there’s a minimum age for retirement and I’m a few years away. If they offer early outs, I’m going to consider it very seriously.

I have age and time, just have to find out about the health insurance bit. That will be the deciding factor between 2026 & 2027

 

[Steve]

I have age and time, just have to find out about the health insurance bit. That will be the deciding factor between 2026 & 2027

Yeah. Sounds good. All my little ducks are in a row except that darned minimum age.

 

[Buka]

This morning our landlord brought over seven large avocados from his trees. He just came by again and gave us a two pound slab of venison his friend shot in his garden this morning.

Gonna have some guacamole and a venison stew.

 

[Prince_Alarming]

I'm thinking of adding a surcharge to my hourly rate for having to deal with horrific electromechanical incompetence on the part of my predecessors

 

[Xue Sheng]

Now I am just waiting for the health coverage numbers and then I should have a definite date for retirement

 

[Prince_Alarming]

Now I am just waiting for the health coverage numbers and then I should have a definite date for retirement

Wooooooo! Happy retirement!

 

[Xue Sheng]

Wooooooo! Happy retirement!

thanks, could be awhile yet, I will know soon, but it will at least be the date I go

 

[Prince_Alarming]

thanks, could be awhile yet, I will know soon, but it will at least be the date I go

Just don't punch your commanding officer, however much you might like to, you'll be fine
That was advice I got from my military friend. I'm not sure it applies, but it probably does.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Just don't punch your commanding officer, however much you might like to, you'll be fine
That was advice I got from my military friend. I'm not sure it applies, but it probably does.

Nah, it doesn’t, I like my boss, besides, he retires before I do….

 

[Prince_Alarming]

Nah, it doesn’t, I like my boss, besides, he retires before I do….

Nothing can stand in the way of your enjoying a long and fruitful retirement then. Congratulations.

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

To add on to the growing list of issues with this company..they sent us at 4:54 today our insurance options and told us that we had to fill out the paperwork and sign by Monday morning. It's an entirely new plan, this is the first time any of us are looking at it, so hopefully everyone was checking their emails an hour after some of our shifts ends, and have family around this weekend to review/make their decisions.

The plan itself offers less than our old one, and we have two options. The first one is a solid half of my paycheck each pay period, and the second one would leave me with about $100 a paycheck after that and taxes are taken out.

Going to have to see what I can find on the marketplace, and at this point might just quit and do doordash for a while. Full time the pay would be about the same, less stress, and if I'm having to pay my own insurance anyway, I'm not seeing the benefit to sticking around.

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

This job is also trying to convince me to spend my sunday working for an emergency change for a client (that's only an emergency due to bad planning on our part)

...in ohio...I live in North Carolina. We've got an onsite tech in ohio, as well as a remote after hours team who is being paid to do things like this. My boss apparently does not trust that either of the two will be successful, so wants me to be there 'to assist'. No, I do not get paid overtime.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Use to order PCs and Macs through the state.... now the corp buys.... it was never easy to convince the state why we needed new Macs...but when I did...we had them in a few weeks, I got them, set them up and issued them.....

Corp.... first have to give specs..... they can't find those so they want to order lesser models.....and don't understand why I need the ones with bigger hard drives, better processors and more RAM...... had to explain what they were for.......then they order..... but for some reason can't order from that company.... we go through the Specs explanation again...the order from another company..... 5 months go buy....finally get them....then they want them shipped to them for some strange reason..... then they decide that is a silly idea...since I told them it was...now I'm told to hold on to them and not issue them..... this is ridiculous... and I have no idea why they did not order directly from Mac..... it would have been over $2000 cheaper...... retirement can't come soon enough..... wow...just wow.....

 

[Steve]

To add on to the growing list of issues with this company..they sent us at 4:54 today our insurance options and told us that we had to fill out the paperwork and sign by Monday morning. It's an entirely new plan, this is the first time any of us are looking at it, so hopefully everyone was checking their emails an hour after some of our shifts ends, and have family around this weekend to review/make their decisions.

The plan itself offers less than our old one, and we have two options. The first one is a solid half of my paycheck each pay period, and the second one would leave me with about $100 a paycheck after that and taxes are taken out.

Going to have to see what I can find on the marketplace, and at this point might just quit and do doordash for a while. Full time the pay would be about the same, less stress, and if I'm having to pay my own insurance anyway, I'm not seeing the benefit to sticking around.

Your company sounds like they don’t treat you guys very well. That said, don’t get too to the ACA marketplace. Im not sure it will survive for much longer, either.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Its been a day… had a gastritis attack this afternoon. I have to be up at 5:00am tomorrow to drive to Maine. But I’ve been in urgent care with a my mother since 9:30pm, although she was having the problem at 6:00… and didn’t want to bother me…didn’t tell me until 9:00… and now it is darn near 12:00 am and I’ll be lucky if I’m out if here by 1am…. And home by 2:00….mrs Xue will have to drive I guess… and she is already quite upset at the 3.5 hour wait to tell me…

And now my stomach is starting to do flips. Friday is over in 1 minute… i hope Saturday is better

 

[drop bear]

This job is also trying to convince me to spend my sunday working for an emergency change for a client (that's only an emergency due to bad planning on our part)

...in ohio...I live in North Carolina. We've got an onsite tech in ohio, as well as a remote after hours team who is being paid to do things like this. My boss apparently does not trust that either of the two will be successful, so wants me to be there 'to assist'. No, I do not get paid overtime.

 

[Prince_Alarming]

I keep telling her she's not actually my cat, but then again I keep feeding her

 

[Buka]

Its been a day… had a gastritis attack this afternoon. I have to be up at 5:00am tomorrow to drive to Maine. But I’ve been in urgent care with a my mother since 9:30pm, although she was having the problem at 6:00… and didn’t want to bother me…didn’t tell me until 9:00… and now it is darn near 12:00 am and I’ll be lucky if I’m out if here by 1am…. And home by 2:00….mrs Xue will have to drive I guess… and she is already quite upset at the 3.5 hour wait to tell me…

And now my stomach is starting to do flips. Friday is over in 1 minute… i hope Saturday is better