But resting is just a synonym of retiring.
What do you think about retirement and when will you do it?
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
And yet anyone who’s receiving benefits stiil has to pay rent & bills, go shopping, use public transport etc, so I suspect the term is a deliberately loaded and misleading one.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
house husband?
Silas Loom
Hated by both sides
Actually that might be even better than resting.
Silas Loom
Hated by both sides
Not in the slightest.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
But resting is just a synonym of retiring.
isn't 'resting' the term actors use for when they are between jobs?
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Spot on.
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
Neet
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
Hollis
bloody furious
Just to clarify, this made me laugh, cause as far as having a career goes, I figure mine finished 5-6 years ago. I still do a job and do the same thing... I just don't really consider it a career as such anymore..
mx wcfc
Well-Known Member
Yep, same here. I'm "semi retired" and work three days a week. I struggle to do 3 actual useful hours a "week".
I get unnecessarily pissed off by HR types trying to make me log my "career goals" and similar stuff when frankly I'm just hanging on in the hope that I'll get a redundancy payoff before I finally decide to throw the towel in.
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
Might have posted this before I once wrote my annual objectives as follows
1. Complete April payroll accurately and on time
2. Complete May payroll accurately and on time
3. Complete June (you get the idea)
Apparently your objectives are not the same as your job !
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
thank you everyone, I’m not alone.
I filled the form in for my annual appraisal and struggled to think of 5 career goals…at the moment it’s to get to a position when I can retire without having a heart attack. @Elpenor’s assistance in particular has been invaluable. Fortunately, I could not find anyone that would own up to be my supervisor, so the appraisal never happened. Continuing to have no supervisor is another goal for the year to come.
24 years ago the company was 40 people in 5 offices, and low overheads. We’ve been taken over by a rapidly growing listed company and are several thousand..I'm not sure I like all this bureaucracy. I’ll get shit tomorrow for booking my own flights for work this week. I booked on Tuesday for a Wednesday morning flight. The approval process now takes 24 hours, and it would have required me calling a “supervisor” on the St. George’s day public holiday (we’re proper patriots here).
I filled the form in for my annual appraisal and struggled to think of 5 career goals…at the moment it’s to get to a position when I can retire without having a heart attack. @Elpenor’s assistance in particular has been invaluable. Fortunately, I could not find anyone that would own up to be my supervisor, so the appraisal never happened. Continuing to have no supervisor is another goal for the year to come.
24 years ago the company was 40 people in 5 offices, and low overheads. We’ve been taken over by a rapidly growing listed company and are several thousand..I'm not sure I like all this bureaucracy. I’ll get shit tomorrow for booking my own flights for work this week. I booked on Tuesday for a Wednesday morning flight. The approval process now takes 24 hours, and it would have required me calling a “supervisor” on the St. George’s day public holiday (we’re proper patriots here).
girasol
Addicted to handstands!
I think annual appraisals would be ok if they actually had the employee's career in mind, but really, they are just a stick to beat you with, to compare you/performance rank you against your peers so, if need be, you can be easily discarded/pushed out. At least that's what it was for where I worked. If it was done properly it wouldn't be something dreaded by managers and employees.
I'm glad I don't have to deal with that crap anymore.
Only 3 more years and I can get my pension! I'm not waiting until I'm 60, getting it as soon as possible.
I'm glad I don't have to deal with that crap anymore.
Only 3 more years and I can get my pension! I'm not waiting until I'm 60, getting it as soon as possible.
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
I'm hoping to keep this gig running for another 3 years too, I'd like one last big salvage job, which is difficult for the human remains department to organise....59,5 is when I can start drawing down my US savings account, which is the most complicated one I have for jurisdiction. I have a spreadsheet, just in case investment returns mean I can retire to Portugal early with 4x minimum wage.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Friday 31st May which is 20 working days away but there not ONE BUT TWO bank holidays in that period so only 18 days of not really working before I am a pensioner. Absolutely f*cking awesome. my contract end date was originally set for end of October and they wanted to bring it forward until end of June which I agreed too and have even signed up for my state pension from 01 July, however they have now moved it to end of May which I am even more cool with.
Even though I will cease to be a member of the working class on 31 May, I will remain a member of the oppressive boss class for a couple more years since if I take out what money is left in Q Enterprises in one go, HMRC will sting me for a shitload of tax.
So I will be CEO of a company with no staff and no work to do for a bit.
Even though I will cease to be a member of the working class on 31 May, I will remain a member of the oppressive boss class for a couple more years since if I take out what money is left in Q Enterprises in one go, HMRC will sting me for a shitload of tax.
So I will be CEO of a company with no staff and no work to do for a bit.
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Last week Mrs SFM just reduced her hours from FT to 29hrs pw (I’m already down to 20hrs pw) so, while that might not exactly class us as semi-retired, it’s a welcome downward change of gear all the same.
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Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
Just checking my old work DC pension. Started it in December 2014. The last contributions made were when I left in November 2019
Your contributions £26.5k.
Other payment (transferring in old pension early on) £16k
Investment growth £36.5k (£10k of this in the last year)
Total £79k
Is that good? The investment growth I mean. I haven’t managed it or even looked at the various funds I chose since I left the job.
The amount is neither here nor there until I can actually take it which is decades away, but that amount of money is easily 3-4 years living costs though I don’t suppose I could access it all as a lump sum without tax liabilities.
Your contributions £26.5k.
Other payment (transferring in old pension early on) £16k
Investment growth £36.5k (£10k of this in the last year)
Total £79k
Is that good? The investment growth I mean. I haven’t managed it or even looked at the various funds I chose since I left the job.
The amount is neither here nor there until I can actually take it which is decades away, but that amount of money is easily 3-4 years living costs though I don’t suppose I could access it all as a lump sum without tax liabilities.
I think that’s pretty good.
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
I hope so. Having left it alone for five years I may as well leave it alone for another five!
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I urgently need to solve the mystery of how to pay missed NI years - I'm now wondering about deferring taking my state pension ...
I already regret taking the default tax-free lump sum with my work pension.
2020 was a bad year for making decisions like that.
I already regret taking the default tax-free lump sum with my work pension.
2020 was a bad year for making decisions like that.
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