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Apr. 30th, 2025 06:12 pmThis is it. I put in almost a full day's work today, though in theory all I had to do was turn in my laptop and badge. But I have a trainee and we spent several hours working on her third (and qualifying) investigation. Then I pitched in for some administrative work that needed a warm body entering data. I spent entirely too much time sending frantic emails to HR trying to pin down several things that I still hadn't gotten clear answers on. (Results: I didn't need a "Final Medical Evaluation", they *did* credit me with the entire year's vacation allotment for my payout, and I *think* they will be postal-mailing me my remaining paystubs. At least, this week's paystub wasn't available to me electronically when everyone else's were, so I presume they already had me switched over.)
Oh, and I got the proofs of the in-house article about my Hugo nomination for the company newsletter, approved them, and saw the resulting article on the website. (However it's the internal website, so I can't share a link. I'll put the text up on my Alpennia blog.)
And then I had a final chat with my manager, handed over my laptop, and went to Security in theory to trade my security badge for a "retiree badge" which would give me access to the company store and cafeteria. Except evidently I needed to put in an advance request for a retiree badge if I wanted to get it today. Which, of course, nobody in all my correspondence with HR had mentioned. So my (former) manager will follow up on that and presumably I'll get it eventually. (Access to the company store is very useful, if you remember that this is Bayer**, so I get big discounts on all manner of vitamins and OTC drugs.)
**While employed there, I've been rather careful about not naming my employer publicly, just to avoid having to do all the "I do not speak for my employer" stuff each time. But now that I'm retired, I figure I can lift that. (Which was only a personal policy, not a corporate one.)
Since I didn't leave site until around 4pm and then did my usual shopping at Berkeley Bowl, I was in peak commute traffic coming home. So I don't really feel retired yet, just tired. Tomorrow will just feel like another random day off. I don't think the reality will hit until I get back from Kalamazoo. Until then, I'm still in constant motion.
Oh, and I got the proofs of the in-house article about my Hugo nomination for the company newsletter, approved them, and saw the resulting article on the website. (However it's the internal website, so I can't share a link. I'll put the text up on my Alpennia blog.)
And then I had a final chat with my manager, handed over my laptop, and went to Security in theory to trade my security badge for a "retiree badge" which would give me access to the company store and cafeteria. Except evidently I needed to put in an advance request for a retiree badge if I wanted to get it today. Which, of course, nobody in all my correspondence with HR had mentioned. So my (former) manager will follow up on that and presumably I'll get it eventually. (Access to the company store is very useful, if you remember that this is Bayer**, so I get big discounts on all manner of vitamins and OTC drugs.)
**While employed there, I've been rather careful about not naming my employer publicly, just to avoid having to do all the "I do not speak for my employer" stuff each time. But now that I'm retired, I figure I can lift that. (Which was only a personal policy, not a corporate one.)
Since I didn't leave site until around 4pm and then did my usual shopping at Berkeley Bowl, I was in peak commute traffic coming home. So I don't really feel retired yet, just tired. Tomorrow will just feel like another random day off. I don't think the reality will hit until I get back from Kalamazoo. Until then, I'm still in constant motion.
