Science52 Posted April 17 #1976 Share Posted April 17 I was part of this group when it first started and everyone was retiring. I was a little young then but now it is reality. After 42 1/2 years of teaching, I am retiring. Actually I have been working part time in the school library for the last 4 years. But now I am ready. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoDennis Posted April 17 #1977 Share Posted April 17 Welcome! It was 44 years for me, and it took a push, but... Yeah. I've worked for over two-thirds of my life. Now's the time to enjoy that! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted April 18 #1978 Share Posted April 18 I'm sure I responded to this thread in the past, but now its getting real. Retirement cruise on Wonder of the seas is only 38 days away! When I get back from the cruise, I will have 18 work days left, but I won't be working too hard on those last days! I don't feel bad saying that , my full time working career ends with 17+ years at an evil corporate giant that I fell into and just waited out the time. (Now that time is almost over!) I will continue to work part time a couple of days a week at a job I love. For now between this cruise and camping, this is a party season! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted April 18 #1979 Share Posted April 18 On 9/10/2023 at 5:56 AM, CDNPolar said: I just cannot make the decision as to when because I am fearful that I will be bored out of my mind. I really want to find a part time job when I retire from my corporate position, but don't know what that will be. This message is 9 months old, I hope your doing well, this has/will work out well for me, I am keeping a fun/rewarding job for 2 days a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted April 18 #1980 Share Posted April 18 On 9/10/2023 at 8:58 AM, CDNPolar said: Well, I suppose that the word retire means something different to each person. Retire to me means getting out of the corporate world of deadlines and expecations. A part time job to me could also just be volunteering at something that I enjoy and that does not carry deadlines and expectations. I know I am revisiting a lot of old posts, but I am getting so close. I have been a volunteer helping run the Columbus Marathon for a few years, I will expand that now. I also am keeping a part time job that I really love, just 20 hours a week and 5 day weekends every week! My new industry is dominated by younger people and their is a real need for older people like myself. The kids seem to like me and I do help people. I just have to remind my new employer (part time 3 years now) that I am doing this for fun and can walk away, or to another location easily. While I consider myself very middle class all of these kids working hard for a living call me "Big Money" as I go on cruises, work but don't have to, and we go on trips when the mood strikes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted April 18 #1981 Share Posted April 18 On 9/10/2023 at 6:47 AM, KforKitty said: I stopped counting down on Friday, which was my final day in paid employment. My original plan was to retire April 2024 but got a severance package due to an internal restructure. I have been paying into my pension for nearly 37 years and have worked full-time throughout. I’m not quite 60. Catherine I work for a recognizable Fortune 50 company. In my 17 years here they have done the same thing every year! They predict they will make (our division) 90 million in profit. When they only make 85 million in profit they lay people off. That is usually proceeded by a request for Voluntary termination where they offer you one week of severance for every year you have been there. I have been there , as mentioned 17 years and I have 10 weeks to go. Where is that #$%$% offer! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted April 18 #1982 Share Posted April 18 On 2/5/2024 at 11:19 PM, CptBoatface said: 109 workdays, or 872 work hours to go... Ha, I have been kidding my fellow cruisers giving how many seconds till we cruise, but I haven't converted my employment to work hours yet - 328 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted April 18 #1983 Share Posted April 18 On 4/9/2024 at 1:54 PM, sevenhearths said: Retiring on 4/19, less than 2 weeks! I stumbled on this post the day before your last day! What's up today! I've avoiding work and researching my cruise! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted April 18 #1984 Share Posted April 18 On 4/16/2024 at 8:19 PM, Science52 said: I After 42 1/2 years of teaching, I am retiring. Actually I have been working part time in the school library for the last 4 years. But now I am ready. Congratulations, I loved our librarians, I recently went on a 45 year reunion tour of our high school and the biggest disappointment was the Library. What use to be 10s of thousands of books is now a multi-media facility. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptBoatface Posted April 18 #1985 Share Posted April 18 452 hours remaining 😆 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science52 Posted April 18 #1986 Share Posted April 18 6 hours ago, BillOh said: Congratulations, I loved our librarians, I recently went on a 45 year reunion tour of our high school and the biggest disappointment was the Library. What use to be 10s of thousands of books is now a multi-media facility. I remember you from a few years ago. I was a classroom teacher until 2020 and Covid. The librarian’s job was open and part time. I had a degree in library science which I never used so for four years I became the librarian. But I turned 72 and said I need some time for my husband and me. We will be married 50 years in August. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted April 19 #1987 Share Posted April 19 14 hours ago, Science52 said: I We will be married 50 years in August. That's rarely heard of these days 43 years in 2 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science52 Posted April 19 #1988 Share Posted April 19 Our good friends will be married 50years in May. Our son is married 23 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMadame Posted April 20 #1989 Share Posted April 20 Our 35th is next month. I never thought I'd be married that long let alone for 50 years. For one thing, I thought we'd be dead before the 50th. 🤣 But now it's only 15 years away and I'm not anywhere near death! 🤸♀️ 🤸♀️ 🤸♀️ Anyway, I intended to work until 70. Then I got laid off last Fall. I thought I'd be back at work by now but right after that a bunch of tech firms also had layoffs. So the market was flooded with people with my skill set right around the holidays. I'm still getting callbacks but the interview process for software developers has changed a lot since I last looked for a job and I find myself freaking out at what they call the "coding interview" and not getting past that point in the interview process. I'm starting to wonder if I'm too old for this sh*t (to quote Detective Murtaugh from the Lethal Weapon franchise). So I think I might be involuntarily retired. Thank goodness I've already saved up the money for our Panama Canal cruise. 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoDennis Posted April 24 #1990 Share Posted April 24 Leaving on the NCL Sun in a week. I mentioned to my cruise consultant that this was my first trip since retiring, and that my travel partner and I plan to do a lot of cruises. He said he'll have the ship bring me a retirement cake! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted May 6 #1991 Share Posted May 6 480 hours till we cruise on Wonder of the Seas. 672 work hours left. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science52 Posted June 15 #1992 Share Posted June 15 It's offical, I am retired at the age of 72 and 36 years in the same school, 32 years as a teacher and 4 years as a librarian. A total of 421/2 years of teaching. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalspin Posted June 18 #1993 Share Posted June 18 On 6/15/2024 at 3:21 PM, Science52 said: It's offical, I am retired Congrats! Enjoy!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairns Cruisers Posted July 10 #1994 Share Posted July 10 I'm retiring this Friday. Only had 3 jobs in 44 years! My wife and I celebrating with an Alaskan cruise in September. After a few days before and after in Vancouver we are off to Chicago for a few days(catching last Cubs home game,Lake Michigan cruise and first taste of deep dish pizza) then off to Dallas for a 10 day drive around Texas,finishing with 4 days back in Dallas. Really looking forward to it. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMadame Posted July 10 #1995 Share Posted July 10 I have accepted that I am retired. The job market in my field is crap. I'm going to start a business doing something I've been doing as a volunteer and see how it goes. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted July 16 #1996 Share Posted July 16 I've been so busy celebrating retirement that I haven't been back here, 2 weeks in and all is well, planning my next cruise! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptBoatface Posted July 19 #1997 Share Posted July 19 One more day! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science52 Posted August 28 #1998 Share Posted August 28 My husband and I are going on Symphony of the sea on Sept. 1. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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