Without wishing to reply for Lyndhurst 14, I found that larger companies in particular are increasingly full of corporate bull, fostered by a climate of insecurity, blame culture and bullying. The long-standing Bell Cheeses at work thread on NSC is full of wonderful examples. With me it got to the point where I realised that I could fortunately afford to walk away from it. Best thing I ever did.
100%, absolutely this. Absolutely ZERO regrets at telling them to go fvck themselves, take the redundancy payment and go fishing (after carefully calculating that I could just about afford to get through the years until my state pension kicks in without becoming destitute)
Interesting, I have heard this before it appears they don't recruit their managers well at all and no one cares, someone needs to be looking over these small minded people far closer than they do.
That's July 7th out then
Well……I was on a decent wedge when I stopped, with a job I could do standing on my head….the very easy (and available) option was to keep taking the salary. I could have stayed on, no problem at all. But…….whilst me or the football widow could buy more shit we don’t need, we can’t buy time, because that runs out, increasingly rapidly. So I decided time, and doing stuff with that time, was more important than accumulating ££££. Being the richest man in the graveyard has no appeal. Not regretted it for a single minute.I've been pondering things and....I think I earn far too much for far too little demand in terms of my time and the accretion of my psychic infrastructure to seriously think about packing it in, even though the pension is fully loaded (the lack of minuses) and...
I'm trying to develop a drug and am part of the patent owner team, and progression is helped by my having a university appointment, and I still enjoy some of my time in London (the plusses) so....
f*** it, I'll stay employed for a a bit longer. Why not?
It’s even better when they ask you to come back on a consultancy basis because they belatedly realised that they shouldn’t have agreed to pay you off so soon - because that gives you a second opportunity to tell them to do one!
Yep……I was asked to ’help out’ for a few months after I decided to take the silver bullet.
Absolutely- if you still enjoy it, carry on. My intention was to fully retire, but I started to do a bit of consultancy and NED work when I got bored in lock down and really enjoyed it. I probably work 3 or 4 days a month - on my terms - which gives loads of time to do other stuff, including Costa del Stoke on Tuesday.I've been pondering things and....I think I earn far too much for far too little demand in terms of my time and the accretion of my psychic infrastructure to seriously think about packing it in, even though the pension is fully loaded (the lack of minuses) and...
I'm trying to develop a drug and am part of the patent owner team, and progression is helped by my having a university appointment, and I still enjoy some of my time in London (the plusses) so....
f*** it, I'll stay employed for a a bit longer. Why not?
I enjoy the stuff I do not working a bloody sight more than the stuff I did when I was working…………even though I did enjoy my job.
You’re right but that’s not always easy to do if the main culprit is the CEO who is “overseen” by timid NEDs. A dominant and aggressive CEO sets the tone from the top that can drive a poisonous fear culture that permeates the entire firm.
Very easy to check contributions and missing years, plus projected pension, on the government website and then work out whether buying missing years/part years is worthwhile
Serious question . . . Why does where to live come into it?
I guess if you are selling a house in a desirable part of Brighton and Hove and moving to a less expensive area even within the south east you could be at least 100,000 better off possibly several hundred thousand- so forget all your financial planning , just do that ! It’s a joke but it will suit some people .
so would you consider keeping or getting rid of the butler?
Four years ago I was 56, and in the fortunate position of having a DB pension. One of the little perks of the pension was that, at 60, the pension would be augmented by 5 years. Hence, by working for 4 more years (to age 60) I would actually earn 9 years worth of pension. On the face of it, very attractive. But I’d had enough of 60 hour+ weeks and the aggro of a reasonably senior role. So I left - and don’t regret one moment. The last four years I’ve done loads of stuff I could never have dreamt of if I’d stayed. Of course, we’ve got less money and my pension is worth a third less than it would have been. But as you say….you can’t buy time.
Choicesso would you consider keeping or getting rid of the butler?
