RICHARD ALLEN SCOTT - Through the Years

RICHARD ALLEN SCOTT
THROUGH THE YEARS
2015
And Finally, Full Retirement
What was to have been another multi-year contract came to an end on March 31 st I think it was.
The claim was that there was no more ‘discretionary’ money for contractors. I was not sorry to
leave as the work had become more and more menial. I even declined to attend a ‘going-away’
lunch for a couple of us in the same boat. Even the company that placed me in there on
contract never bothered to call me when I was terminated to thank me for the years I had
provided them with a good revenue stream. The work ethic has definitely changed over the
years. Seems nobody gives a damn any more.
I’d had enough of working anyway, and was pleased to take that final walk to my car, knowing
that I didn’t have to set the alarm for the next morning. My working life was over.
I’d been at it for 50 years. I was done, fini.
Tim left Mondelez in March, and secured a position as Vice-
President, Order Management for GENPACT, a global business
process management and services, and IT corporation. Head office
is on Times Square in New York City, so Tim, being the only
company executive in Canada, was often in New York. He also had a
great deal of travel to India. They would call him on a Friday to be at
a business meeting on Monday…in India. Poor guy spent more than
enough hours (albeit in a first-class pod) on planes. And now he as
well as Chris has been to the Taj Mahal.
Laura’s wedding-planner business continues to be a great
success…constantly on the go, and so good she’s now in demand
and in magazines!
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