# So, My Retirement is Over **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850 "2019-08-18T21:29:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850/1 "2019-08-18T21:29:28Z")
As of this past Monday, I am now once again gainfully employed. It happened fast, too! Long story short, I connected with someone on LinkedIn who put me in touch with a local someone else who forwarded my resume over to another person. This third person (a recruiter at a staffing agency) contacted me for a position which I was very interested in, but I think they were further along in the process by the time I got in the pipeline because they didn’t call me. It put the organization top of mind for me, though, so I started looking to see if there were other opportunities. Fortunately, one popped in my hometown! At first, I contacted the staffing agency recruiter to tell him I was interested, and he said well, he was getting an OOO from HR, they weren’t returning his calls, blah blah blah. Sunday evening I said screw it, and applied directly online on the company’s website. Monday afternoon HR calls me to schedule an interview for 9 am Wednesday. The interview was over by 9:45 and by 2:20 I had an offer! So, as of August 12, I am now working as an account representative for [OneBlood](https://www.oneblood.org/). It is my job to get people on the Big Red Bus to donate blood. I am so excited! This is a fantastic organization doing literally life-saving work and I am so honored to be a part of it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850/2 "2019-08-18T21:44:35Z")
My congratulations. I hope the job is everything you hope it will be. Me? I’m 66, retired and have no particular desire to go back to work. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850/3 "2019-08-18T21:52:18Z")
I’m a bit young for retirement and Og forbid anything happened to Ivylad before I could tap into my 401k. This way we can put the final polish on our funds. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850/4 "2019-08-18T21:56:24Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > So, as of August 12, I am now working as an account representative for [OneBlood](https://www.oneblood.org/). It is my job to get people on the Big Red Bus to donate blood. > > I am so excited! This is a fantastic organization doing literally life-saving work and I am so honored to be a part of it. Congrats! And here is an absolutely true story that could help your recruiting. Blood donation saved my life - as a donor. I donated at least twice a year ever since college. I went in to donate and got rejected, for the first time in over 35 years, for a fluttery pulse. I had a lot of Mountain Dew for lunch, and I thought it was that, so I went to my doctor (my checkup was 2 weeks before) to get a note allowing me to donate. Turned out I had Atrial Fibrillation. I’m on a blood thinner and I’m fine, but I could have keeled over at any moment if the blood center people hadn’t taken my pulse. Can’t donate any more, alas, but I can cheerlead. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850/5 "2019-08-18T22:13:05Z")
That’s an amazing story, **Voyager**! So they literally saved your life! OneBlood also has a research facility and a milk bank so breast-feeding moms can donate milk for preemies. Such a cool organization! ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850/6 "2019-08-18T22:13:28Z")
Have fun! enjoy yourself. You can now be in the “take this job and shove it” mindset if you decide it’s not for you. StG ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850/7 "2019-08-18T22:42:16Z")
Congrats!! Sounds like an exciting opportunity - I’m really happy for you!! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850/8 "2019-08-18T22:57:08Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > That’s an amazing story, **Voyager**! So they literally saved your life! > > OneBlood also has a research facility and a milk bank so breast-feeding moms can donate milk for preemies. Such a cool organization! That’s wonderful too. Enjoy your not-retirement! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850/9 "2019-08-18T23:47:04Z")
ivylass, congratulations! As others have said, you are in a life saving business. Also, thanks for those documents you sent me, I’m looking them over. Do you mind if I include a link here to a story about an Australian man, a blood donor? His name is James Harrison, and he and I have one thing in common, a dislike of needles. I, like he, have never seen the needle in my arm. But he’s _ **WAY** _ ahead of me in donations. > **[He donated blood every week for 60 years and saved the lives of 2.4 million...](https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/11/health/james-harrison-blood-donor-retires-trnd/index.html)** > > James Harrison was called the man with the golden arm. Every batch of Anti-D that has ever been made in Australia has come from his blood. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850/10 "2019-08-19T00:25:05Z")
Congratulations! That’s great news, I’m glad something worked out for you! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850/11 "2019-08-19T00:50:45Z")
Congratulations! That is AWESOME! ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850/12 "2019-08-19T01:06:06Z")
Yayyy!!! Congratulations **IvyLass**!!! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850/13 "2019-08-19T03:08:36Z")
I dunno… I retired two days ago, and already had a friend trying to get me to give it up for a huge lucrative freelance project. I could use the money, and I really want to help my friend, who’s in over his head with this client. So I downloaded a ton of deep background, learned everything about the client, and… it’s over my head as well. They wanted to hire me because I’m a smartypants. But if \*I \*can’t understand what this client should be doing, I’m not surprised that _they_ can’t either. So, I bowed out. I feel terrible disappointing a friend, but I doubt we would’ve ended up friends after we ultimately couldn’t actually help the client. (Oh, and getting paid would’ve been tricky) I celebrated by walking to a poké place, then having a beer at a local boathouse. No regrets… ahhhh, freedom. So big congrats to you, **ivylass** , but I’m still retired! ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850/14 "2019-08-19T05:40:00Z")
Congrats to you, **ivylass!**!! I’m curious, if you are willing to share, how the compensation works…do you get paid based on how many people you recruit to donate or is it a straight salary? How much does such a position pay? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850/15 "2019-08-19T21:31:33Z")
**Baker** , that’s a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing. **Enola** , I get a salary plus a bonus for every month my area meets its goals. I am already chomping at the bit…there are SO many places around here that would be perfect for a blood drive that aren’t even partnered with us yet. For instance we have a local winery and they have events regularly that are a huge draw. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850/16 "2019-08-20T16:05:33Z")
Congratulations! Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850/17 "2019-08-21T19:51:50Z")
Ivylass, that sounds wonderful, I’m so happy for you! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850/18 "2019-08-21T20:42:08Z")
Whoo…signing up high school kids is both easy and tough. One teenager asked why we took blood. I explained people who have cancer and people in car accidents may need blood. She said, “So you take blood from people to put in other people?” Um, yeah, that’s how it works (with numerous steps in between, of course.) I think she was a little appalled (and from what I could tell, under the minimum weight anyway.) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850/19 "2019-08-21T22:23:58Z")
Makes one wonder what she thought happened to the blood. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850/20 "2019-08-22T01:17:33Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Whoo…signing up high school kids is both easy and tough. One teenager asked why we took blood. I explained people who have cancer and people in car accidents may need blood. She said, “So you take blood from people to put in other people?” Um, yeah, that’s how it works (with numerous steps in between, of course.) I think she was a little appalled (and from what I could tell, under the minimum weight anyway.) :D:smack: Mom is a retired Hospice Nurse and has worked Red Cross Blood Drives for many years, volunteering up front with Registration. Ooooh, the questions people ask her ! Congrats on this situation. It’s not a job, it’s a calling. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-retirement-is-over/838850.md?page=2)