{"id":5355,"date":"2012-09-09T12:07:55","date_gmt":"2012-09-09T12:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/index.php\/2012\/09\/09\/macys-longest-serving-employee-retires-after-73-years\/"},"modified":"2012-09-09T12:07:55","modified_gmt":"2012-09-09T12:07:55","slug":"macys-longest-serving-employee-retires-after-73-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodworldnews.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/09\/macys-longest-serving-employee-retires-after-73-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Macy&#8217;s longest serving employee retires after 73 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5354\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/32088387da419227f20729e6cf7687d8.jpg\" alt=\"Image Credit: nydailynews.com\" class=\"caption\" title=\"Rose Syracuse Richardone, the longest serving employee at Macy's\" width=\"240\" height=\"351\" \/>\n<p>Can you imagine staying with one company for 73 years?\u00a0 That&#8217;s pretty difficult for many to comprehend because the average time that individuals stay at a particular job today is between 4 and 5 years according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rose Syracuse Richardone began working at Macy&#8217;s flagship store in NY in 1939 when she was 17 years old.\u00a0 She said that Macy&#8217;s has changed a lot since then going from a complete &#8220;one-stop&#8221; shop to the store that we are familiar with today.\u00a0 &#8220;You could get meat, straight pins, really anything. &#8220;We had an apothecary, liquor store, and even a butcher shop. We have obviously evolved since then.&#8221;, Richardone said.<\/p>\n<p>Now she is retiring from Macy&#8217;s at the age of 92!\u00a0 She had a nice retirement party where Terry Lundgren, the current CEO of Macy&#8217;s, dropped to one knee and thanked her for her years of service.<\/p>\n<p>During her farewell party, Rose stated &#8220;Life is good. You go on each day, you&#8217;re happy where you&#8217;re at. And people &#8212; bosses, supervisors, they appreciate you. And you stay. That&#8217;s the way it is. Thank God. It&#8217;s been good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tNk9p6Mnp6I\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tNk9p6Mnp6I<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Enjoy your retirement Rose!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Peace &amp; Love,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Jon<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you imagine staying with one company for 73 years?\u00a0 That&#8217;s pretty difficult for many to comprehend because the average time that individuals stay at a particular job today is between 4 and 5 years according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 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