We’d bought the Caravan two years before Clark was supposed to retire.
“We’ll finally get to see this great country of ours,” we told each other. Three months before the big day, Clark was summoned to an office where sat his new supervisor, a Harvard MBA who’d been part of the team that had come on when the company was acquired.
Next to the MBA was a woman from HR, a manila envelope in her hand.
Let me tell you that “generous severance” is not the same a promised pension.
But we’re okay. We have each other.
And Amazon jobs.
To meet the ever-growing demand for warehouse workers, Amazon created CamperForce, an itenerant pool of RV-dwelling retirees who work in their warehouses.
I’m pretty sure we’ll all work for Amazon one day.
No doubt
Would that be Amazon warehouse, Amazon car hire. Amazon particle accelerator. or Amazon governance?
Dear Josh,
I know about companies cheating one out of his or her pension. Been there, done that…rose above it with some help from my (legal) friends. Good story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Those Amazon jobs will only last until everything’s automated.
I have a joke in one of my stories that Amazon.Com becomes the president of the world. It’s an odd situation, but at least it delivers on most of its promises in two days.
The concept of not getting your pension under these circumstances is horrifying. I didn’t know that about Amazon, so I learned something new here today.
Most of the Harvard MBAs I’ve met have been s***s of the first rank. They’re the unacceptable face of capitalism.
Yeah, it’s the credential of the wicked. That said I knew a Comanche medicine man who was a Harvard MBA , so you never know
You must have been in the room when they fired me only a month before my 62nd birthday. They said my position (plant manager) had been eliminated (sure).
I hadn’t heard of the Amazon CamperForce, but have met others who live in their RVs and follow work across the country.
I am fortunate in that I worked for local government and the pension I paid into is fairly secure. I hope!
This is so sad. I don’t understand your country. Interesting bit about Amazon.
Such a sad state of affairs…
ouch, bet that came as a shock. Never trust businesses to look after employees – except the managers.
At least there are jobs for older people. In my country they are quietly washed up and usually don’t get a look in. Ageist society.
Hmm the corporations will be god soon.
Sad reality of the state of things today.
It is made more poignant for me for my husband retired in May.
We did get our pension and yes we are planning nung to go visiting this year!
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