Senior Center Worker Celebrates 50 Years on the Job Without Using a Single Sick Day

Senior Center Worker Celebrates 50 Years on the Job Without Using a Single Sick Day

Tom McKievick says his job is challenging yet entertaining, a good combination for a perspective career. Yet when he saw the newspaper ad for the job at Fredericka Manor senior living community in Chula Vista, California, all the way back in 1976, he wasn’t intending to embark on a career. Now, 50 years later, the […] The post Senior Center Worker Celebrates 50 Years on the Job Without Using a Single Sick Day appeared first on Good News Network.

Man Celebrates 50 Years of Employment Without a Single Sick Day

Tom McKievick responded to a newspaper ad for a security job at Fredericka Manor Retirement Community in Chula Vista, California, in 1976. He’s served as the director of security at the facility ever since. In June 2026, his employer celebrated Tom’s 50 years of dedicated service to the retirement community. “When I started, I wouldn’t think in a million years I’d still be here, but I enjoy the residents and the work,” he told KUSI. Tom McKiev…