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Post by hansz on Jun 5, 2013 9:38:49 GMT -5
Friday June 14 13.30 hours I will get the official status of inactive...(?) Reason: a very comforting arrangement was offered to me to facilitate the progress (...?) towards my retirement. I'm not allowed to disclose it, but it was an offer you can't refuse... ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) The validity is 2 years, and that leaves me 3 months to the official Dutch retirement age of 65 - which expenses will be paid from another employee benefit... So, more time to spend at hobbies, holoceen.nl and other community work (like golf...). Does this have anything to do that I was born on a Sunday?? Life is good ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png) (as long health permits) Hans
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2013 11:32:56 GMT -5
Congratulations, Hans.
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Post by genazzano on Jun 5, 2013 13:04:19 GMT -5
Enjoy... I know how I quickly became accustomed to retirement and appreciate every day. David
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Post by mickeyobe on Jun 5, 2013 18:05:49 GMT -5
Hans,
From a 13 year veteran retiree - Life is just beginning.
Enjoy. Enjoy.
Mickey
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Post by lloydy on Jun 6, 2013 17:37:10 GMT -5
I retired at 55, it was either 'retire' or crack up! And I haven't regretted one day of it. Life is good, I take a camera for a walk every day - I prefer cameras to dogs - and generally do as I please. I did take a bit of a cut on my pension, but I live with that. I drink slightly less wine and beer, so I do economise. ![(rofl)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/rofl.png) Life is too short to work yourself into a stress induced early grave. Enjoy retirement, it's wonderful.
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Post by philbirch on Apr 20, 2014 12:28:06 GMT -5
I retired at 55, it was either 'retire' or crack up! And I haven't regretted one day of it. Life is good, I take a camera for a walk every day - I prefer cameras to dogs - and generally do as I please. I did take a bit of a cut on my pension, but I live with that. I drink slightly less wine and beer, so I do economise. ![(rofl)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/rofl.png) Life is too short to work yourself into a stress induced early grave. Enjoy retirement, it's wonderful. I've just re-visited this one. I wish I could do the same. My job is to train new people to do their job. It takes a week but the bosses want it in 2 hours. Why do I bother and put up with that sh1t? I've 9 years to wait for my retirement, would have been 8 but our government upped the retirement age for me. I'm hoping upon hope that M&S will close us down and I get redundancy in the next couple of years.
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Post by mickeyobe on Apr 20, 2014 17:19:25 GMT -5
I retired at 55, it was either 'retire' or crack up! And I haven't regretted one day of it. Life is good, I take a camera for a walk every day - I prefer cameras to dogs - and generally do as I please. I did take a bit of a cut on my pension, but I live with that. I drink slightly less wine and beer, so I do economise. ![(rofl)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/rofl.png) Life is too short to work yourself into a stress induced early grave. Enjoy retirement, it's wonderful. I've just re-visited this one. I wish I could do the same. My job is to train new people to do their job. It takes a week but the bosses want it in 2 hours. Why do I bother and put up with that sh1t? I've 9 years to wait for my retirement, would have been 8 but our government upped the retirement age for me. I'm hoping upon hope that M&S will close us down and I get redundancy in the next couple of years. I was 68. I loved my work and my associates but could not bear the changes that were being made when the government partnered with a private corporation and drastically lowered quality standards for which I and my co-workers strived throughout our careers. But retirement is the greatest gift without question. FREEDOM should be its other name. Mickey
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Post by hansz on Apr 21, 2014 3:57:03 GMT -5
Freedom to start a new career! Next week I'm on a 4 days training on the newest and hottest Microprobe Electron Microscope facility in Holland! Doing petrology and mineralogy research for the Naturalis Biodiversity Center. (My 3rd instrument in 6 months!) Actually, I'm busier than ever - but 100% what I really like doing.
While working at Big Blue I had a simple paradigm, one always has 50% sh1t and 50% fun; the first 50% came naturally and you had to work hard to earn the second 50%... Now it is 100% fun.
To be continued
Hans
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Post by philbirch on Apr 23, 2014 19:38:21 GMT -5
I envy you Hans having a job which you like. I had one too many years ago. Hard work but great fun, and I got a lot of satisfaction from it. All good things come to an end alas.
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