[Misc] Retirement

[albionalba]

If you face any of; work politics/backstabbing/bullying, a horrible commute or constant uncertainty, the lure of retiring when viable is obvious.

Completely agree. You could work somewhere else too as a further alternative, but agree there isn't much enlightened hiring in this regard (B&Q excepted!)

Nah.
None of that makes me think I made a poor decision in retiring

Fair enough, it's not for everyone.

I didn't mention the work for self option either which quite a few folk take after leaving employment. But I'm not going to go on about the dreaded C word though. However, the fact that quite a few folk make a living from being a C shows the level of knowledge that we've lost somehow from the systems.....

 

[dazzer6666]

Nah.
None of that makes me think I made a poor decision in retiring

Agree 100%. A voluntary role as a trustee/governor at a residential school for severely disabled kids gives me enough mental stimulation and feeling of giving something back, I paid enough tax and NI for enough years to not worry about contributing much now. Couldn’t contemplate reporting to someone, dealing with all the politics, pointless competitiveness, back-stabbing and general BS that goes on in the corporate world any more. Biggest thing of all by far though is time - when you work, very, very little is your own. You can buy all the material possessions you want but you can’t buy time.