All great annual reviews! I would have thought they would appreciate 
all the extra time I put in FOR FREE. But I think they have ideas of 
selling my software commercially and with me there, I'm in the way.

I'll have to do something for income and wait out the last 2 years. I 
will get unemployment, but at about 1/4 to 1/3 my original salary... 
Sucks..

~db

"Kevin Wampler" <wam### [at] uwashingtonedu> wrote in message 
news:4bec1ea6$1@news.povray.org...
: My condolences, that sucks!  You'd think after 21 years they could 
have
: at least waited another two.  I assume since you've been doing a 
good
: job for quite some time at the job you'll either be able to get 
another
: or make do with a slightly early retirement, but still, my 
sympathies.
: I'm certainly not looking forward to when I have to worry about that
: sort of thing.
:
:
: DungBeatle wrote:
: > <rant>
: > I can't believe it. I was laid off from my job after 21 years of
: > service. Great annual reviews, told my work was wonderful! Saved 
them
: > oodles of $... I suspect they are trying to take my work to a
: > commercial developer so they can make the $ and throw me away... 
Very
: > sad... No one wants a 57 year old programmer.. :(
: >
: > They force me to retire, but I can't do it for 2 more years or 
suffer
: > a $20k penalty... Ouch!
: >
: > </rant>
: >
: > ~db
: >
: >

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