Today was officially my last day at TCIDNN (The Company I Dare Not Name). No, I'm still not gonna identify TCIDNN yet. Some of my readers and blog friends already know which company it is. Some have guesssed correctly just from some of my stories, but it seems that living in a Dilbert cartoon is not just for TCIDNN. From some of the stories I've told and situations I've described many people are convinced I work for their company.
Since my manager never comes into work until after 9:00, I went in at 9:30. She still wasn't there so I hung out in my old office with my team lead and my replacement. Most of the stuff I did, outside of the network stuff, was stuff that only I did. I had my own little empire that I had built up over the years. So my team lead and my replacement had many questions. Where did you put this? Where are the master volumes for this stuff? How did you do this?
Since I was still employed, I answered all their questions. In fact, I spent about an hour and a half dispensing knowledge.
Myt manager came in about 11:00 and since I was still in knowledge dispensing mode she went to get some lunch. In the meantime my team lead formated the hard drive on my laptop. Some of my coworkers stopped by to say goodbye. Some of these people I'm really gonna miss.
About 1:30 I went to my manager's office, I signed some papers, she gave me two checks and copies of all the papers I signed, I gave her my badge, and I split.
I hired on to TCIDNN in St. Louis, Missouri April 2, 1973 (April 1 was on a Sunday dammit!) and ended my employment today, October 29, 2004. 31 years and 7 months. I moved to Atlanta May 16, 1985. I have worked in the same building the entire time. My job, job name, or job description changed about 8 times just here in Atlanta, even though I really only held two jobs: technical instructor or programmer. I have been in 7 different divisions in Atlanta while essentially doing those two jobs. One of TCIDNN's mottos is: When in doubt, reorganize.
So now I have another October date that is memorable.
I got married October 5, 1965. It didn't last.
I was born October 25, 1946. Yep! I'm 58.
I joined the Navy October 28, 1965.
I got out of the Navy October 14, 1969.
I retired from TCIDNN October 29, 2004.
I defeated or outlasted all my enemies at TCIDNN except one and that would be my ex-CDSMŽ (Clueless Dipshit Manager). He didn't even stop by to say goodbye to me.
I wonder why?
Posted by denny at October 29, 2004 10:39 PMCongrats on the retirement!
My Dad retired about 10 years ago from a company that had many names - first it was Burroughs, then SDC, then Sperry, then Lockheed-Martin then something else. It really didn't matter because he stayed in the same office doing the same job for almost 40 years. He was a draftsman and then a PCB designer (no-one else wanted to do printed circuit board design when they came out, and he was the 'new guy' in the drafting room - of course, all the other draftsmen were laid off over the years but he was a necessary evil to put up with according to management). You are a vanishing breed Denny and the business world is a sadder place without the likes of you and my dad. He calls me when he bags a squirrel or raccoon or possum in his backyard from his kitchen window. Enjoying his retirement. Congrats and take care-
OH and by the way - I was an LST sailor too - LST-1190 '86-'91. She has since been scrapped, but some of the best times of my life and I keep in touch with a couple of lifer buddies who are now nearing retirement.
Congratulations on your retirement.
Posted by: Jon D on October 30, 2004 02:03 AMI was tempted to reveal TCIDNN in this comment, but I'll pass. Congratulations on lasting until you wanted to retire.
Posted by: Cliff Autry on October 30, 2004 05:10 PMCongratulations on your retirement, you lucky @#%!#$%#$. I could retire in 10 years at 61, but I'm going to piss the State of Virginia off a lot longer (can you tell I'm on another computer?).
Elizabeth
Imperial Keeper
Congratulations on your retirement!
If I've guessed right, I believe some other company mottos would be:
"First we fix the blame, then we fix the trouble"
"Our Business, not our policy"
"When in doubt, have a meeting"
Posted by: Ringlord on November 1, 2004 01:57 AMCongrats on retiring! I so envy you!
So you started at tcidnn (or would it be more proper to call it tcydnn?) in St. Louis, eh? That's my home town!
Posted by: Beth on November 1, 2004 07:58 PM