Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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beladona Memorial Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
I have three very good, close friends that have been part of my life for decades. As of this past Tuesday, I am now the only working stiff left -- the others are all ladies of leisure. I also am the only one who has been in the new paradigm of a knowledge nomad.
All three of them went to work full time after school. I got married and had kids -- I didn't enter the workforce until 1982 and didn't go full time until 1985
All three of them spent years working for one employer. In the past 30 years I have worked for nine different employers. The longest stretch of time I was in one place was twelve years.
All three of them have traditional pension plans in addition to 401K plans. Not one of the places where I worked offered pensions and the employers that they were with stopped offering themin the mid-70's. All of my retirement income has to come from what I have been able to save in the 401K.
In short? Despite my age, my professional career is more akin to the next generation, caught in the transition and the alteration of the social contract.
I wonder how they will cope when they get to retirement age. Hopefully they will make better arrangements in the intervening years than I have. Meanwhile I will keep playing the lottery.
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