Were you forced into retirement?

I had no choice. My chronic back pain stopped me from walking. And as an R.N., all you do is walk. I remember my last night working, a patient came down with the full. Psych. patients who are 40+ don't do well with minor illnesses, so I had to keep checking on him, but his room was way down the hall. I killed me to walk it. That's when I knew I couldn't work anymore.
 

I met with my Boss, told him I had purchased a home in the warm winter zone in November, then met with him the following week and said, "next April is my Last month." He wished me well and said he only wished he could also retire with me. I loved my Job, if I could of stayed
35 forever I would still be there driving those crappers hard.. .... haha .....
 
January said:
am not retired.

Working 30 hours a week (4 days), not sure when I will retire
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Driving hard keeps the heat pump working cause the legs pump it. I have a lake home in retirement and we are outside all 8 friendly months of every year. Protect the gift the lord has blessed you with. So many are not well.

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fuzzybuddy said:
I had no choice. My chronic back pain stopped me from walking. And as an R.N., all you do is walk. I remember my last night working, a patient came down with the full. Psych. patients who are 40+ don't do well with minor illnesses, so I had to keep checking on him, but his room was way down the hall. I killed me to walk it. That's when I knew I couldn't work anymore.
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I hadn't realized you were a psych RN. A friend of mine was also in that field. There's a special place in heaven for people who chose that work. Kudos and many thanks to you for the difficult job you performed under (I'm sure) endlessly trying conditions.
 
I fully intended to retire at aged 60 (I'm 63 now) but at 58 the Government department i was attached to went through a restructuring phase. As a consequence a lot of employees such as myself who were close to retirement age were offered very attractive terms to take early retirement.

Did my sums and consulted with my financial advisor with the result being there would be little advantage in staying on for the final two years so off i went. In 2020 my H.M. Forces pension kicked in so securing my financial security even more. No regrets about retiring early, it was the right move to make.
 
Dr. Jekyll said:
Not forced per se. I actually loved the work I did (software development), but the conditions in which I had to do it deteriorated to the point that I just sort of gave up. Corporate tech company attitudes of unreasonable deliverables, in ridiculous time frames, with inadequate resources just made it impossible to expect success..................
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That's very close to my story as well, in addition to managers getting very abusive because they could. People just can't stand seeing someone enjoying what they do for their profession. Their method was called 'Xtreme(ly Painfully) Programming' for a reason.

Anyhow, I quit myself and what really helped me to retire was having our home in a very desirable side of town that we sold and financed our retirement with SSN. I have enjoyed being stress free since. Unfortunately I broke my hip after one month of retirement.....I took that as an omen to stay out of the rat-race and enjoy the rest of my life. I live by the motto of "I'm retired, I Don't want to, I don't have to, and you can't make me". :)
 
I wasn't actually forced into retirement, but it wasn't financially worth it any longer. The type of job I was doing was being changed into a less satisfying role, with more duties but under a salary cap by grade. I was already in the top job grade for my position - which I was very happy with and did not want to "move up" - and was already a couple of hundred $$$/mo over the highest salary level.

My MIL had sold her house and moved in to our spare bedroom, and wanted to give us "rent" so the money was tax-free for us. We discovered when she actually moved in that her dementia was a bit more serious than we thought, and we weren't comfortable with both of us being gone for 10+ hrs per day (counting OT and commute times).

With our tax situation, it ended up when I stopped working, we still had almost the same income. Four years later I convinced my spouse to take early retirement as well; he was eligible but had intended to work until age 65. Instead he retired at age 56, and we have been enjoying retirement together ever since.

As it turned out, we were fiscally very fortunate - that long 'bull market' in stocks, plus an inheritance - so early retirement has not hurt our finances at all.
 
Youngster said:
Was your retirement of your own fruition or were you forced into it? If you were forced into it, did you come to realize it the best thing that ever happened to you?
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I wasn't forced at all. In fact when I announced my retirement, I went on to interview for my replacement, and spent thirty days introducing the nuances of the position. When I walked away on Friday afternoon it was like any other end of the week for me. I didn't look back and just moved on to some things I wanted to do.
 
RETIREMENT was my initial GOAL! And glad it was! :D
NO WAY I'd want to ever have to meet a deadline or need to have customers.... EVER AGAIN !!
Was done with it all at age 63. ...whew.
Was my own boss from first endeavor. Concentrated on .....QUITTING !!!
YAY FOR QUITTING! :giggle:
 
Hi All, First post...

Nope, by choice.
Went back for 12 months to complete a project for the Federal Reserve. Once finished, I stepped away.
Its always best to end on your terms.
I've seen people forced out that end up with bitter memories on how it ended.
 


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