Love it?
Hate it?
Insipid?
I have a fun retirement, part time, job -which I really enjoy.
Love it?
Hate it?
Insipid?
I have a fun retirement, part time, job -which I really enjoy.
I love it enough that I could retire in 2024 but I'll probably sign on for another five year contract and stay until 2029.
Love it
Depends on which job.
My job during the week is burnout city
My job on the weekend at the farm is therapeutic.
I wish I could retire now... In my mid 30's.
I'd love to know what y'all would do with your time?? I've got some friends that are definitely FIRE crowd and they have a great shot at having the finances worked out by 55. I asked them last night what they're going to do with potentially 40 years of retirement and they had a little bit of deer in the headlights look.
I think more likely what y'all in your mid-30s need to do is find a way to position yourself to take a 1 to 2 year sabbatical within the next 4-8 years. Travel young, or focus on a side project - crushing yourself with hopes of retiring when you're 55-60 you're probably going to have no real idea what to do with the time.
How does one even do that in today's economy? This is anecdotal I know but still, I don't personally know anyone in their mid-30's (myself included) with the finances to enable a sabbatical of that length, frugal friends included. I myself could probably afford to take several months, but that would obliterate my savings and with how hard I fought to build that up, I'm not exactly eager to spend it - despite a strong desire for a break from work.
As for what I would do with my time? At first, I would do as little as possible, just to enjoy doing nothing. but past that, I'd lean into my hobbies. For example, I'm a beginner DJ and I would use that time to grow my skill set in both music and lighting. I'd also spend time expanding my gardening skills too - redoing the landscaping on the house and expanding the vegetable garden, along with building a new shed. I'd also finish building my home server and virtual lab to continue to grow my skills in IT. I've got tons of projects that need to be done around the house that I currently lack the time and energy for - those would also occupy my time, along with simply spending time with friends too. All just as a start.
Back to the original question at hand - I work in IT. I used to love my current job, but in the last decade the workload has continued to increase, especially since COVID began. The pay is decent, at least, but we've been doing more with less for so long that I'm feeling very close to burnout. To add insult to injury, I have plenty of PTO saved up, but it seems nearly impossible to find an appropriate time to actually use any meaningful amount of it. I'm in my mid-30's.
I agree with what you said. I'm also in IT but mid 40's and plan to retire at 55. My wife and I have no debt, house paid off, vehicles paid off, a lot in savings but not enough for us to stop working. I work fulltime at a NOC and my wife works part time.
I was going to say I would do whatever I wanted and nothing at all, like sitting around watching movies and tv or taking leisurely bike rides around my hood in the evenings. I would visit family and friends in San Antonio, Tucson, SF and Seattle. Seems like a lot of people feel like they need to work for what ever reason. My coworker is mid 60's and keeps saying she will work until she can no longer work which is crazy to me.
I've traveled the world and spent the first 18 years of my adult life traveling so I'm good staying put at this time in my life.
Seems like pay is going down in every career field, I made more from 2001 to 2010 than I did from 2011 until now. Corporations are super greedy.
I've been retired for 2 and a half years. We did a 3 week trip overseas and a short trip to California on a grand baby run. With elderly parents in play (assisted living) we are busy most of the time, but we allocate for ourselves for what we want to do. But it's not just free time all the time.
Retired - Love it.
REtired and yes I am trying to live the dream. I retired at age 50. Now if my knees where not bothering me and there was no covid, life would be much better. Loved the job I retired from. Why retired, well it is not one that many people over 50 can still do. My plan in retirement is/was to take care of my acreage(10 ac) and do some traveling. Ok I was able to get some traveling in before covid.
...would be better if it included a pension and health coverage both fully funded by the company!
How'd us laborers let company's shift these expenses on to our plate?
Anyone seeing companies providing COLAS to help their employees keep pace with a rising cost of living? Not me!
I like my job. It’s the people I have to tolerate that can make it excruciating at times.
like it (used to love it). After 37 years am determined to retire- will be gone in two months. Looking forward to rest, although hope it will be active/rest.
Love my work environment and generally like what I do.
I like my job overall. But, the constraints of not enough staff, doing more with less, is like drinking from a fire hose everyday. It's getting old and very tiring.
Pretty much the same at my job. I have had more “worst day of my career” days in the past 6 months than I have in the past 10+ years. The great aspects of my job (flexibility) have been overwhelmed by endless mandatory overtime and working short. We have hired so many junior people that simply do not care about the job at all, and it is heart breaking to see the significant drop in customer service quality as a result of that. It’s not even that they are new and just don’t know the job, the people we are hiring don’t want to know the job and don’t even pretend to care. Years ago, when we had a hiring class of 50 seats we would have 1,000 applicants. Now we have 25 applicants for that same
50 open seats. We are hiring the bottom of the barrel.
It’s very depressing to see the company you have spent so much time at, be overrun by new people who don’t care one bit if the company (or job) is around in a year. I’m a long hauler, and it’s troubling to see how many people no longer care. They aren’t hurting themselves, they will move on to the next job. My career and retirement are at stake. As the quality of in-house work decreases the company will have a greater incentive to continue the cancer of outsourcing labor and cutting benefits.
Catch, Our jobs are within the same industry but from opposite ends. You made excellent points about the labor pool. Not many care and for those of us that do, I find it difficult to care that much all the time. I can't continue to carry the care load only on my shoulders. I have a 1/3rd of staff I should have. 3 of us producing what we can but still not enough. The fact I like what I do and made a career of it, is my incentive to keep going.
Stories like this make me very glad I have the crew I have. The newest one has been there 4 years and is very good. The other 4 range from 9 to 20 years and none have plans of going anywhere. I'm very lucky. I also bend over backwards to accommodate their needs whether at work or time off, flexible schedules, etc. Plus for what we do we get paid better than market.
I retired at age 45.
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