Wednesday, August 27, 2014

retirement

Well, my fella is feeling old now. I hope that on most days, it doesn’t get to him but I know on some days it does. This year he reached retirement age officially. Of course he’s not going to retire right now though. The biggest reason is because I told him he couldn’t. No way is he gonna sit around on his butt for 10 years waiting for me to retire! The other reason is, I know that he needs something to do and I’m pretty sure that he’s not ready to quit just yet. He was worried about how his employer feels about him though. It turned out to be OK for him! They asked him if he was going to retire and he said he would like to wait for a few more years. They were happy with that and asked him if would be interested in a lighter work load. He took a couple days to think about it. I thought it was awesome that they want to keep him AND make it easier for him! He said he didn't really know how to feel about their offer. After a couple days, he saw the light :-) So, starting next week, they are moving him to the corporate offices. They said he has such great customer service skills he’ll be perfect over there and they are looking forward to having him. Go figure!  The property manager of the 2 buildings he takes care of right now, sent out this nice email to all the current tenants;

It is with mixed emotions that I inform you that our lead Maintenance/HVAC tech, Bill XXXX, has decided to take a maintenance tech support position at our Corporate Parkwood campus.  Bill's decision was based on the fact  he is nearing retirement and would like to ease the workload required by our lead technicians.  I know I speak for many, including myself, when I say Bill's positive attitude and willingness to please will be missed.

Bill's last day at Parkwood 8 & 9 will be this Friday, August 29.  I am excited to announce his replacement will be Steve Davenport, who will be starting on Tuesday, September 2nd.  Steve has been a Maintenance technician for thirteen years with extensive experience in both medical and Class A office buildings.

Bill will be escorting Steve around the remainder of the week for tenant introductions.  Please join me in wishing Bill good luck on his future endeavors while also welcoming Steve to the buildings.

Regards,


That was really nice and it made him feel pretty good. 

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