Work anniversaries have always been announced at the quarterly staff-meetings.

Work anniversaries have always been announced at the quarterly staff-meetings. My 5 year anniversary was in May, and my colleague's was in June. They didn't even mention either of us.

There are tons of reorganizational changes happening due to some poor choices by leadership. They are trying to go back to basics. However-I've been feeling pushed to the outside lately. Not invited to meetings, duties changed, not getting information everyone else has, etc. I was chided when I mentioned months ago, the differences in training and/or treatment between a 'professional'(me) and a 'peer support specialist' (many of the others) in the organization. What I saw before seems more apparent now.

Not mentioning 5 years of service actually hurt my feelings. I thought I'd be pissed, but I was actually sad. I'm 57, and the idea of starting over somewhere scares me.

Is the writing on the wall, or is there something I'm missing?

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  1. JJ

    Companies suck sometimes just like people do. If you do not have someone you can talk to about this at work it may be time to start looking. It will likely get worse before it gets better.

  2. Anonymous

    Change is inevitable. This is not the same company it was 5 years ago.

    You are a legacy employee now. Mourning how things used to be or missing things that never evolved is just going to drag you down.

    So if you're too afraid to leave ( and please don't blame your age because i leave jobs all the time and im 65) Accept things as they are, do your best and focus on building an outrageously fulfilling personal life outside work and just stay for the great paycheck and good benefits. There's nothing wrong with that.

  3. Crystal Howell

    Starting over to be respected, is never a bad move. You ARE WORTH,IT

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