Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for February 05, 2020

Forget about retiring yoruself Ed. It looks like the company is trying to RETIRE YOU!

That’s for the birds.

Poisoning pigeons on Park Ave?

Consider yourself lucky. Most of us will never get to retire.

I have some friends who retired and returned the next day, doing the same job for twice the pay (and no bennies). And friends who retired and tried to come back, only to find that they had been fully replaced by some snotty new kid. I took a year off, thinking it was early retirement, then got called back (new job) where I stayed for a day less than a year and was SO GLAD to be done, done, done with the whole rat race. Too bad I’m not young enough to better enjoy my free time :(

Private offices and cubicles are SO overrated…

Out on a ledge, again.

The irony is that he chose semi-retirement because he felt there was too much pigeon-holing.

I thought Semi-retirement was when you stop driving a Semi for a living.

“We’re gonna meet on the ledgeWhen my time is up I’m gonna see all my friendsMeet on the ledgeWe’re gonna meet on the ledgeIf you really mean it, it all comes round again”

He is allowed to smoke there.

My original plan was to retire when I turned 70. 70 came and I still had some gas left in the tank. So I decided to keep on going. Several months later, I got laid off. You think I’d get the hint. But instead of a party and retirement cake, I got 22 weeks’ severance pay.

I decided to take two weeks off, do nothing and decide what to do next. That lasted 3 days.

So I went job searching and found another job. I liked my old job. I like the new one even better.

Yes, 70. There is age discrimination out there. You can complain about it or just get over it. You can’t do much about what people think about you because of your age, but you can do a lot about what you think of yourself in spite of your age. I’ve never acted my age in my entire life and I am not about to start now.

wonder how the wi-fi is…

That’s what you get for going half-way. If you’re going to retire pull up stakes and get the heck out of Dodge.

My first assignment, I shared an office with a smoker. Yep! The break area had a cigarette machine next to the candy machine. The 80s were Kool, I guess.

Retirement? It’s all in how you see it. I started earning at age 13. When I retired, some people asked What are you going to do next? and mentioned possible jobs. My reply: I’ve worked for over 50 years. Is there some rule about having to work after retirement? I did not look for work and did not regret it. For me, that was the right choice. My wife, who also worked about the same time, and I have enjoyed the past 20 years by spending more time with family, traveling, beach time on the Outer Banks, and just being together. I see it as a good thing for us. Maybe others won’t.

There is no part time employment, just part time pay

Ah, those LUVLY corporate games! Went free lance at 35, now I’m retired. I only worked because I had to eat, pay bills, and buy books. Don’t miss work at all!

Went back to school 40ish, ended up staying home. Never worked harder, had fewer breaks or downtime in my life.I may not command a salary, but I’m sure not done working.

I guess the overall theme here has become to each his own or more recently whatever works.

Looks inviting. Nothing like living on the edge, er ledge.

Talk about being on the outs, not even an out basket.

They put faithful old Charlie on the shelf.

I know of a town in Connecticut where the town official refused to leave his office after losing the election. For months the new official (first-selectman is his title) sat at a desk in the hall.

He’s a ledge-end in his own time. He allegedly said something the boss didn’t like.

The view is great, particularly when the market drops dramatically and his collegues start jumping. The wear and tear of weather on his computer, however, is coming out of his pocket so there’s that.

I retired in August of last year. Now I’m busy volunteering or working on projects I want to. I don’t fill out reports, I don’t report to a Pointy Haired Boss, and I am making a difference in my community. I got to say however it is a kick when asked to do some pointless corporate task, to be able to say “No. I retired to get way from that. I’m willing to help but not to do useless BS.”

A good friend of mine, years ago, was attracted by the prospect of working half time at his job for half pay plus his retirement benefits and Social Security. HIs verdict: “Worst decision I ever made”.

Ed is on no side.

LOL – too funny, Wiley!!

I once worked in an office where we knew something was wrong when they began installing Shelves in the Hallways and putting Computers on them

Who needs Cubicles when we have Hallways?

I retired secure and comfortable after save-save-saving for years and living well under our means. Very happy and very busy with volunteering, but after 2 blissful years, I just woke up from a nap, and again I was having the work dream, crunching numbers!

My last three years or so as a productive member of society, I went on reduced work week. That was a 32-hour week with Fridays off. That worked well until I was ready to head out completely.

The “vigorous performance management” option.

How is he gonna stand up from that chair?