Can one retire without informing the employer?

Corporations have it easy finding good dedicated overperforming employees. The labor force is abundant with them.
So to excuse bad behavior you want them to find someone in a hurry and do it because there is an “over abundance of labor force that is good dedicated and over preforming”.
I get it anything to excuse what I want to do. It is your life live it as you want, set the example for your family how you want. But do not expect others to treat you better then you want to treat them.
 
The worst day of retirement beats the greatest day at work. He already has an offer from another place for part time and from home which he greatly desires. He may grab a few hours per week. Why work longer if one doesn't need to? He has plenty of money. That's not an issue. Wr don't need people working longer. It hurts businesses.
I enjoy my work. I do it from home in front of my office window, can do it from anywhere in the world that has an internet connection and get paid well to do it. I have no one watching over my shoulder and breathing down my neck, and I can transition to part time when I'm ready to. I don't intend to actually retire for a good while yet, until I'm old enough that I just don't want to do it anymore. In my career, you NEED old guys who have been around long enough to know how to do the work, do it well, and keep the client happy. We don't even interview candidates with less than 15-20 years in the field.

It's a sweet gig I'm not ready to leave and can imagine a bad day of being bored in retirement (especially at a young age when your friends are still working) driving someone to wish they were still relevant and had valuable things to do.
 
Yeah the reason he and his wife split is related to that. She wanted to move south. He doesn't want to live in the south. So there was no compromise. They were very amicable about it and have maintained they still care for each other. But he wasn't going to move. We are happy it turned out this way.
Arguing, anger and hate are NOT the opposite of love, care, concern.....Apathy is. And apparently they are very apathetic towards each other.
 
Corporations have it easy finding good dedicated overperforming employees. The labor force is abundant with them.
That's not the case when unemployment is very low. You have a much easier time finding qualified workers ready to jump in when unemployment is high.
 
Where I work you are required to provide a 90 day minimum notice to retire. Anything less than that and you cannot collect any pension or retirement benefits.
 
Arguing, anger and hate are NOT the opposite of love, care, concern.....Apathy is. And apparently they are very apathetic towards each other.
Well we were surprised the marriage lasted as long as it did. They discussed kids before marriage and both agreed no kids. When she reached about 30 she wanted a family. He said no way. That was the agreement. He would not give in. But they still hung on for 15 more years.
 
Where I work you are required to provide a 90 day minimum notice to retire. Anything less than that and you cannot collect any pension or retirement benefits.
Wow that seems unfair and authoritarian. What if there are circumstances like health or others?
 
Where I work you are required to provide a 90 day minimum notice to retire. Anything less than that and you cannot collect any pension or retirement benefits.
That's a long time. Do they also provide an employee with a 90-day severance package if they are involuntarily separated from the company? That would be fair, after all.
 
He is supposed to attend a meeting next week in Tennessee. He isn't going.
I announced my retirement date to my boss. During the ensuing time, he played some games, so I just cleaned out my desk a week early and retired. It is like quitting. The employer really has nothing to say about it. Retirement is between you and your pension plan and social security.
 
I announced my retirement date to my boss. During the ensuing time, he played some games, so I just cleaned out my desk a week early and retired. It is like quitting. The employer really has nothing to say about it. Retirement is between you and your pension plan and social security.
Exactly. I can guarantee he won't be on that plane to Nevada next week. Right now they assume he will. He may cave though and tell them to.irrow after work.
 
Where I work you are required to provide a 90 day minimum notice to retire. Anything less than that and you cannot collect any pension or retirement benefits.
That sounds like an illegal requirement. Does the employer control the pension? What kind of pension is that, most are separately managed funds that have nothing to do with the employer. The only downfall I see in Initforme's case is that, at age 54, he is choosing to bypass many years of social security contributions that would add to his benefit, but if he planned well (and at 54 he must have) that may be a moot point.
 
I always consider how I would want to be treated in making any decisions.
If I owned a company would I want someone to give me a chance to hire someone to fill that position or would I want some one to leave me in a lurch? I would hope that someone would be enough of an individual to give me a heads up so I could at least start looking for a replacement.
But in todays world individuals with ethics are becoming harder to find
Depends on who you work for.
Consideration is a two way street.

Some employers just fire you on the spot and call security to escort you out the door. They don’t give notice to allow you to start looking for another job.

I would look at how the employer treats people who are separating and decide how much notice they deserve

I would not advise giving several months notice because you will be treated differently
 
Well we were surprised the marriage lasted as long as it did. They discussed kids before marriage and both agreed no kids. When she reached about 30 she wanted a family. He said no way. That was the agreement. He would not give in. But they still hung on for 15 more years.
Probably a lot going on inside that house that you and your family are not necessarily privy to.
But....no matter....lots of life still in him. Especially if he retires WITH A PLAN TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING ELSE.
65% of retirees die within 2 years of retirement. Mostly for lack of a plan to do anything substantial and specific.

Going fishing is not a plan.
Going fishing professionally is a plan.

Playing with pet dogs is not a plan.
Dog training school and kennel for subscription fees is proper plan.

Very different process than what most people think and a very definite outcome if no plan is put into place.
 
Depends on who you work for.
Consideration is a two way street.

Some employers just fire you on the spot and call security to escort you out the door. They don’t give notice to allow you to start looking for another job.

I would look at how the employer treats people who are separating and decide how much notice they deserve

I would not advise giving several months notice because you will be treated differently
Yes there are companies that do fire you and escort you out the door. That is usually reserved for those that have been bad employees or bad actors in the company. If you are a detriment to the company should you expect them to treat you better then you treated them?

I always give my best to any job, be it for myself, for free to someone else or to an employer. So I would expect decency from them and have always gotten it. I would assume that if you are not doing a good job or the very minimum you could expect them to treat same from whoever you are working for.

I am not saying you need to give months or more I am saying that one should consider giving some notice rather then just walking out with no notice.
 
Probably a lot going on inside that house that you and your family are not necessarily privy to.
But....no matter....lots of life still in him. Especially if he retires WITH A PLAN TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING ELSE.
65% of retirees die within 2 years of retirement. Mostly for lack of a plan to do anything substantial and specific.

Going fishing is not a plan.
Going fishing professionally is a plan.

Playing with pet dogs is not a plan.
Dog training school and kennel for subscription fees is proper plan.

Very different process than what most people think and a very definite outcome if no plan is put into place.
The whole reason to retire is because he's worked for 30 years. He doesn't want a plan. He wants to do what he wants, not substantial stuff. I've been retired over 30 years without a plan. Best years of my life. 30 years of work is more than enough.
 
Yes there are companies that do fire you and escort you out the door. That is usually reserved for those that have been bad employees or bad actors in the company. If you are a detriment to the company should you expect them to treat you better then you treated them?

I always give my best to any job, be it for myself, for free to someone else or to an employer. So I would expect decency from them and have always gotten it. I would assume that if you are not doing a good job or the very minimum you could expect them to treat same from whoever you are working for.

I am not saying you need to give months or more I am saying that one should consider giving some notice rather then just walking out with no notice.
If it's your intention to seek other employment yes. In this case it's goodbye. No reason to make nice.
 
Depends on who you work for.
Consideration is a two way street.

Some employers just fire you on the spot and call security to escort you out the door. They don’t give notice to allow you to start looking for another job.

I would look at how the employer treats people who are separating and decide how much notice they deserve

I would not advise giving several months notice because you will be treated differently
I was laid off once and given that treatment, but that was because I had system admin access to the nation's organ transplant database and could have hurt a lot of people if I was really mad and spiteful. It's pretty much SOP for people in my field to walk them out the door. That being said, I got plenty in my severance package (not saying how much, matter of papers I signed), but just saying it was more than the notice I would have given.
 
Probably a lot going on inside that house that you and your family are not necessarily privy to.
But....no matter....lots of life still in him. Especially if he retires WITH A PLAN TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING ELSE.
65% of retirees die within 2 years of retirement. Mostly for lack of a plan to do anything substantial and specific.

Going fishing is not a plan.
Going fishing professionally is a plan.

Playing with pet dogs is not a plan.
Dog training school and kennel for subscription fees is proper plan.

Very different process than what most people think and a very definite outcome if no plan is put into place.
Maybe but in this case divorce is a great thing. And no kids are involved. Two wins. If the agreement was no kids she broke the agreement years ago. Can't do that and expect him to want kids or want a family. That probably strained it. Divorces help.
 
Probably a lot going on inside that house that you and your family are not necessarily privy to.
But....no matter....lots of life still in him. Especially if he retires WITH A PLAN TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING ELSE.
65% of retirees die within 2 years of retirement. Mostly for lack of a plan to do anything substantial and specific.

Going fishing is not a plan.
Going fishing professionally is a plan.

Playing with pet dogs is not a plan.
Dog training school and kennel for subscription fees is proper plan.

Very different process than what most people think and a very definite outcome ifno plan is put into place.
Different Strokes. I'm ten years in to taking each day as it comes and doing whatever I feel like doing on any given day. Planning is for people who are unprepared.
 
Is this a law? I'm talking to my son about it. He is 54. Ready to call it quits.

All he has to do is call in one day to inform his boss he is quiting and won't be working there no more, just as long as he doesn't leave anything there he values or does something that would violate a contract or something that would end up costing him some valued benefit.
 
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