When do you plan to retire?

[odanny]

Just wondering peoples thoughts on working and whether you quit the rat race, are still in the rat race, or if your work brings you pleasure and you don't really want to stop doing it. Retirement can be a mixed bag, I am fortunate I don't have to work anymore, but If I had a job that I really enjoyed, I might still be working. I have no regrets that I'm retired now.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Joined the Navy as soon as I graduated High School, and made it a career.

At 38, I retired from the Navy, with a pension (believe it or not, my pension is more than what people on minimum wage make), full health care benefits and all the privileges that go with it.

I worked for a few years at various jobs, but after a while, when I figured out how to live decently on my retirement (got to the point of no bills, just stuff I have to buy like food and car insurance, but no car payment), decided to quit the rat race and just do whatever I wanted whenever I wanted.

And, while the past 15 years or so have been pretty great not having anyone or any job to answer to, I'm actually thinking of getting a job just to have something to keep me occupied. I actually kinda miss the talks with co-workers and being responsible, but I will always keep the option open to stop working if I decide that I want to do something else.

Yeah.................being young enough to work and having a retirement bringing in cash is great. I have all the options I want if I want them.

And, if I want extra cash for something a bit outside my current budget, I can always do odd jobs to raise the money.

 

[White 6]

Just wondering peoples thoughts on working and whether you quit the rat race, are still in the rat race, or if your work brings you pleasure and you don't really want to stop doing it. Retirement can be a mixed bag, I am fortunate I don't have to work anymore, but If I had a job that I really enjoyed, I might still be working. I have no regrets that I'm retired now.

Ended up working to 60 to make up for the 401k Losses of the Bush crash.

 

[ActionJackson]

I'll never retire unless I'm forced to.

 

[Flash]

Ended up working to 60 to make up for the 401k Losses of the Bush crash.

You are confused Moon Bat.

The economy was great for the first six years of the Bush administration when we had a Republican controlled Congress dispute a trillion dollar hit due to 911. It was because of his tax cut. You stupid Moon Bats hate tax cuts, don't you?

However, the thing that fucked up our economy is when the damn Democrats took over Congress in 2006. The CRA chickens came home to roost and really fucked up the housing market and the economy and that is what fucked your 401K. "Hey, lets have the government to put pressure on lenders to give credit to people that no intentions of ever paying it back, what could possibly go wrong"?

Whenever Democrats are elected we are fucked. It happens every time.

 

[rightwinger]

I worked Civil Service in the DoD for 33 years and retired at 55
at 2/3 pay

Went back and worked as a consultant for six more years doing essentially the same job and retired for good at 61

Living off my pension, Social Security and 401k

 

[Oddball]

Never.

I'll find something both useful and profitable to do until l go permanently horizontal.

 

[Oddball]

I worked Civil Service in the DoD for 33 years and retired at 55
at 2/3 pay

Went back and worked as a consultant for six more years doing essentially the same job and retired for good at 61

Living off my pension, Social Security and 401k

IOW, a double-dipping career parasite.

Figures.

 

[rightwinger]

IOW, a double-dipping career parasite.

Figures.

Over a 40 year period I worked on the development and testing of complex military equipment that saved thousands of lives. I am proud of my Government career

 

[ABikerSailor]

IOW, a double-dipping career parasite.

Figures.

Hey..................MOST people would be "double dipping career parasites" if they had jobs where they could do so.

Unfortunately, most civilian sector jobs don't afford that opportunity.

 

[Oddball]

Hey..................MOST people would be "double dipping career parasites" if they had jobs where they could do so.

Unfortunately, most civilian sector jobs don't afford that opportunity.

The battle cry of the leech.

 

[Oddball]

Over a 40 year period I worked on the development and testing of complex military equipment that saved thousands of lives. I am proud of my Government career

Sure you did....Fucking leech.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Heck, I won't even be 69 until November and everybody loves 69.

Why would I quit working? It's my life and I love it.

 

[Mr Natural]

Retired in 2001 at the age of 51.

The best 22 years of my life.

 

[Mr Natural]

Heck, I won't even be 69 until November and everybody loves 69.

Why would I quit working? It's my life and I love it.

Would you do it for free?

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Would you do it for free?

I own my own business, so I'm just about doing it for free already.

My employees come first.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Over a 40 year period I worked on the development and testing of complex military equipment that saved thousands of lives. I am proud of my Government career

Kudos to you for landing in a job where that opportunity was afforded to you. Me? I didn't have that opportunity as my rating in the Navy (PN) was one that was a dime a dozen and the job didn't have any technical stuff that would have afforded me to become a consultant.

But, I don't regret my choice of job either. PN was one of the few rates that could go ANYWHERE the Navy had people, and if a person was good enough at the job, they could get some pretty choice assignments. I've done surface ships, shore duty (basically a 9 to 5 office job), squadrons (FA-18 outfit, VFA-131 WILDCATS), managed to land a billet on an MSC vessel (of which VERY few Navy personnel get to do), as well as did a stint running a MEPS out of Amarillo as Head Classifier and HMFIC for the Navy office (my boss was all the way down in San Antonio). Outside of being on a submarine, I think I was able to land billets in a pretty healthy variety of what the Navy has.

 

[White 6]

I worked Civil Service in the DoD for 33 years and retired at 55
at 2/3 pay

Went back and worked as a consultant for six more years doing essentially the same job and retired for good at 61

Living off my pension, Social Security and 401k

I like people that have a plan. Work the plan until pays off as planned and then enjoy the fruits of their work. Good job, RW.

 

[MarathonMike]

I retired at 62 and I enjoy every day. I had a good career as a software engineer, but I was happy to retire. My job was rewarding but it wasn't fun.

 

[ABikerSailor]

The battle cry of the leech.

Sure you did....Fucking leech.

Methinks thou sounds jealous you weren't able to land a job making money like that.