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I think one of the reasons that people don’t work their entire career at one location is because back in the old days you put in 30 years and you received a pension. Now a days you have a 401 so you can leave a company and your 401 goes with you. I worked in industry and the sad thing about the 401 way is that if you were a new guy and had a problem you could go to an older guy with 25- 35 years of experience and ask him what’s up and nine time out of ten he could answer your question on the spot. Now people work for 5 to 10 years and are offered more money from another company and they grab their 401 and leave, so now the old guy has ten or fifteen years at the place, doesn’t hardly compare with the old way.   RRM

RRM and Maverick,

You both bring up some very good points, as we’ve been around a little while, and have seen plenty of changes. No doubt. Along with all the work place changes, and the working environment changes, People themselves have changed with the times. You don’t see or hear a lot of long term employment loyalty, as you have mentioned RRM, as the attitudes of the workers, as people in general, have changed to a more selfish society. IMO! With all of the electronics today in our lives, there are pluses and minuses, and we’re all living it.

This Forum is a good example of how it’s brought our collecting community together, and has changed a lot of how we buy or purchase, our wants or so called needs, for our collecting, and even has effected our communicating skills as a whole. 

Times has changed as has people. If we don’t change with the times, it seems time keeps moving along, as many think, time will and can pass us by!

Just my two cents.

Anthony

Henry Mero said
From 1976 to 2016 I worked for a real hard – assed, slave drivin’ boss, I was self employed. My pension plan was buying up old Winchesters , cars , etc. It’s worked out not to bad, but the boss can still be an axxhole sometimes.
  

Harry-

I retired last year to focus on my retirement business. Boss is a tightwad but he’s pretty generous with PTO….as long as everything’s running like it should. Then he’s a bit difficult to be around.

My pension plan wasn’t well planned or executed but I have lots of cool toys!

In talking to young folks today when I mention retirement I generally lose their attention altogether. I guess they either plan on getting rich quick, inheriting a large estate or working until they die. Two of those sound pretty good but the third option is the most likely outcome unless they start planning early. I suppose I wasn’t much different.

Mike

I was up there in the summer of 2023. I managed to pick up several pieces of brick that had fallen from the building. I recently had small brass plaques made up that says WINCHESTER New Haven, CN that I could glue onto the bricks. I thought I would give them to my friends.