Bumping! 3 day weekend for those of us in the U.S.!
My boss is extremely ill and soon I think I'm gonna be out of a job, after 18 years of work there. I knew it was gonna come down to this, I knew my loyalty would be to my detriment in the end. Ah well, that is the way I am. I'm a very loyal person, to friends and anyone who treats me well.
I just hope when I go to find another job I find a place with people who are normal, nice, and who can appreciate me LOL. I kick ass and go out of my way, above and beyond, so I just don't want to be taken advantage of. It's happened before in the past, and I worry about it now. Never did before cause I thought I had a nice stable job, didn't know my boss would get old and have nobody around to take over things when he got ill.
Not to mention I care about my boss like a Grandfather after working with him every single day for 18 years. He had small stroke and pneumonia recently. I can't see him returning to the office even if he recovers, which will take a lot of time I'm guessing. I've been dreading this day for years now. I'm so stressed out now, and I guess that won't go away until I feel safe, with another job, that hopefully I like. I am so scared. Don't want to find myself in some spiderweb office. Not to mention I live paycheck to paycheck, not much savings at all. Not my fault either, its cause I stayed with my small office and just lived with the small pay, cause I'm loyal, and also grew very content with the familiar that has been my job for 18 years.
Hopefully in the end my next job I will get quickly so I can pay my bills. And hopefully the work environment will be positive. Until then, I just pray for my old boss that he at least lives and gets well. LOL, he's 82 and just got married dangit!