| There's quite a lot on here today 18:02 - Dec 28 with 1182 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
that aren't looking forward to having to go to work tomorrow isn't there.
Dear-o dear, this is a grumpy forum this afternoon. |  |
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| There's quite a lot on here today on 18:09 - Dec 28 with 1120 views | Churchman |
I used to love working between Christmas and New Year. Got me out of the house, out of domestic commitments, gave me time to catch up on stuff at work and the opportunity to scuttle off early for beers and fun. |  | | |
| There's quite a lot on here today on 19:45 - Dec 28 with 947 views | OldFart71 |
Gratefully I don't have to as I am retired. But I did have well in excess of 50 years getting up at 5 a.m. or going to work at 2p.m. until 10 p.m. or 10.p.m. to 6 a.m. I also did several years 6 a.m. to 6 p.m and 6 p.m to 6 a.m. It wasn't until I was 40 years of age that I worked 8.30 a.m until 4.30 p.m. That lasted until I was 65 and for the next 5 years I worked part time. Then I finished and have been retired for 5 years. |  | | |
| There's quite a lot on here today on 19:54 - Dec 28 with 906 views | Swansea_Blue |
| There's quite a lot on here today on 18:09 - Dec 28 by Churchman |
I used to love working between Christmas and New Year. Got me out of the house, out of domestic commitments, gave me time to catch up on stuff at work and the opportunity to scuttle off early for beers and fun. |
Sounds like an affair!
I’d rather have the time off, but there is something nice about this time of year. Unless you have an utter arse of a client who insists on a job being done over Christmas/NY. I had a few of them over the years. Luckily the last c. 15 years of my career were in a Uni and they always had shutdown. It didn’t always mean there wasn’t work to do at home, but mostly I was off for at least 7-10 days. It’s nice not having to worry about that now, but I’m still getting used to the freedom of whatever it is I’m doing (be it early retirement/taking a break, not sure yet). |  |
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| There's quite a lot on here today on 19:57 - Dec 28 with 894 views | _CliveBaker_ |
I’m OK with it personally. As I’ve got older I’ve realised how important a bit of routine is for me, I love the Christmas period but do find it drains my social battery a lot. Helps that a lot of my colleagues will be off tomorrow and i’ll be able to knock off and watch Town beat Cov on the box too, and it’s only 3 days until a bank holiday. I’ll probably find next Monday harder. |  | | |
| There's quite a lot on here today on 20:00 - Dec 28 with 878 views | Churchman |
| There's quite a lot on here today on 19:45 - Dec 28 by OldFart71 |
Gratefully I don't have to as I am retired. But I did have well in excess of 50 years getting up at 5 a.m. or going to work at 2p.m. until 10 p.m. or 10.p.m. to 6 a.m. I also did several years 6 a.m. to 6 p.m and 6 p.m to 6 a.m. It wasn't until I was 40 years of age that I worked 8.30 a.m until 4.30 p.m. That lasted until I was 65 and for the next 5 years I worked part time. Then I finished and have been retired for 5 years. |
Gosh, you did well to survive that. I did odd hours on rare occasions where the circumstances demanded it, but nothing like that. If you are able to say, what did you do for a living? No worries if not.
I finished work at the age of 59. No regrets, I wish I’d finished earlier really, but the gift of hindsight is a wonderful thing. No regrets stopping what I was doing, that’s for sure. Especially the commuting. Every day is a holiday! | | | |
| There's quite a lot on here today on 20:35 - Dec 28 with 743 views | Pinewoodblue |
| There's quite a lot on here today on 20:00 - Dec 28 by Churchman |
Gosh, you did well to survive that. I did odd hours on rare occasions where the circumstances demanded it, but nothing like that. If you are able to say, what did you do for a living? No worries if not.
I finished work at the age of 59. No regrets, I wish I’d finished earlier really, but the gift of hindsight is a wonderful thing. No regrets stopping what I was doing, that’s for sure. Especially the commuting. Every day is a holiday! |
I eased myself out of the work routine over a couple of years. My employer was seeking to reduce the testaments I was in by one. The one they wanted to lose showed no interest and I was asked to try and persuade him , he was already beyond normal retirement age.
Reporting back to my boss I offered to take voluntary redundancy but explained that the finances didn’t quite workout. Agreement was reached provided I gave an undertaking not to inform any clients I was Leaving. Stupid really as my older colleague spilled the beans.
One client in particular was unhappy I was leaving and their contract was still under negotiation.
A few days later I was asked by another company to go in for a chat. They were also in negotiation with the unhappy client, I ended up taking redundancy, working with the new company , three days, five hours a day week on same money as previous and dealing with just the one client.
I was 64 so only had a year to go to retirement. A year later they wanted me to stay another 12 months an offer that was decilined. I did agree to a 12 months consultancy contact by telephone or email, no office visits. I had trained my successor well, only had two telephone calls in the 12 months, time spent Bon both less then two hours.
We all approach retirement differently but plan your finances well and you retain control. I retired 14 years ago. |  |
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| There's quite a lot on here today on 20:40 - Dec 28 with 705 views | Lesta_Tractor |
I'm actually looking forward to going to work tomorrow.
Got a few projects that I'd like to focus on and hardly anyone else is in, hopefully the roads will be reasonably quiet and I'll be home in time for the bizarre 6pm kick off. |  |
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| There's quite a lot on here today on 20:50 - Dec 28 with 640 views | cressi |
I'm working tomorrow it's life I can't say I look forward to it any day | | | |
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| There's quite a lot on here today on 20:59 - Dec 28 with 588 views | J2BLUE |
I have always despised working over Christmas. This year was off from 18th Dec and go back on 2nd Jan. Probably a bit too long off to be honest.
I work 4 days (32 hours) from my home office and still not particularly happy. On paper I should be happy with it but i'm not. As many know I used to work for Travelex. This is a huge step up on every level. Written a list of positives about the job (of which there are many) to try and get myself to feel more grateful and a bit happier. |  |
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| There's quite a lot on here today on 21:14 - Dec 28 with 506 views | Churchman |
| There's quite a lot on here today on 20:35 - Dec 28 by Pinewoodblue |
I eased myself out of the work routine over a couple of years. My employer was seeking to reduce the testaments I was in by one. The one they wanted to lose showed no interest and I was asked to try and persuade him , he was already beyond normal retirement age.
Reporting back to my boss I offered to take voluntary redundancy but explained that the finances didn’t quite workout. Agreement was reached provided I gave an undertaking not to inform any clients I was Leaving. Stupid really as my older colleague spilled the beans.
One client in particular was unhappy I was leaving and their contract was still under negotiation.
A few days later I was asked by another company to go in for a chat. They were also in negotiation with the unhappy client, I ended up taking redundancy, working with the new company , three days, five hours a day week on same money as previous and dealing with just the one client.
I was 64 so only had a year to go to retirement. A year later they wanted me to stay another 12 months an offer that was decilined. I did agree to a 12 months consultancy contact by telephone or email, no office visits. I had trained my successor well, only had two telephone calls in the 12 months, time spent Bon both less then two hours.
We all approach retirement differently but plan your finances well and you retain control. I retired 14 years ago. |
Your last paragraph is the absolute key, Pinewood. Planning, particularly finances, enables choices, retaining control and a better chance of making the right decision.
I had the opportunity to part time work and I got offered a fair amount of contract work too when I stopped. But I’m a bit black and white on this. 100% committed or move on. I promised to myself not to work beyond 60 many years before and sort of planned for that. I got very lucky too with certain things and that made it easy.
As you point out, everyone is different, commitments vary, family, circumstances you name it. But key to decision making is that last paragraph. | | | |
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