Posted by W_B on August 03, 2017 at 05:12:22 from (155.188.183.17):
In Reply to: nitemare of quitting posted by olgentdc on August 02, 2017 at 05:49:25:
I'm like many of you, will be age 62 in October and thinking more seriously of retiring from a company I've been with for 37 yrs. While in the same department almost all that time, the work has varied over the years to keep me interested.
But now the younger management crowd is changing what we do and how we do it to the point I just am rapidly losing that interest. As many people in management do, they don't want to listen to my suggestions based on having gone through all the same things they are dealing with in years past. The fact that there is no hope of any promotion and raises have been stingy is making me think long and hard of leaving in the next year or so. My wife works in a similar line of work but now in a different department and we work on projects together on occasion. She is pretty well fed up with a new boss, will be 62 next year and wants to retire next year. She has 43 yrs. with the company. The company has a retirement plan, we both put money in a 401k and have an outside annuity we can draw on in a few years. Of course there is Social Security, but not sure when to start that. The company also subsidizes some of our health insurance in retirement but that isn't offered to the newer employees now, one perk of being an old timer there. So I think we will be OK financially, not well off but OK. I'm thinking I might try to find something part time too but my feet and ankles are giving out to the point I can't do something that takes walking or standing for long. Definitely not in the same line of business however, unless it's an offer I can't refuse.
At home we have our llamas we raise and show, she likes dealing with the fiber part of it but is also a workhorse in cleaning the barn, feeding, grooming and showing. I have a couple of old Ford Ns I play with and like working on old garden tractors, mostly so I have something to mow with. I've been doing all the auto and truck maintenance and repair now too and mostly enjoy that. I've told people that I have so many projects around the farm that I could stay busy in retirement until I can't move anymore. I often get discouraged however by all the things that need to be done. We bought this old farm about 15 yrs. ago and the buildings are deteriorating and we haven't had the time or money to work on them properly, just patching them together for now.
Lots of decisions to make and some of them can't be undone once made, so that is stressful. Good luck to all!
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