Had a call from work today, with a work question. I have really not had any of these in the 6 months since I left. However, the person who took over most of what I did has also left now, as of last week. I will admit that I was very disappointed with that development as I had spent significant time with him so the knowledge I had built over decades would have a champion. And he was competent and knowledgeable, but decided he wanted to take a few years off from work. Any work as far as I know. So he didn’t just jump to another engineering job. They have hired a replacement, starting soon, but they won’t have the same inside insights that come with time.
I actually enjoyed sharing what I knew about the specific question they called with today, and I did know the answer, without hesitation.
Sort of an anti-work sentiment, I guess
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May 1, 2026 at 9:23 am |
A good message for May Day? That’s a shame that the trained person quit, especially after you took so much time and effort to prepare him.
May 1, 2026 at 3:38 pm |
Yeah, I jumped the gun by a few hours, but working was on my mind. Not a protest feeling, but being useful feeling.
More than one of my now-retired former co-workers have related situations where they got to create a spreadsheet for a reason, and how that analytical tool was something they missed from work. It’s true for me too. I have multiple spreadsheets I use at home, most started years ago. (I also use Access, the Microsoft database program that I could barely get people at work to use.)