In my 29 years of Employment, it never dawned on me that my pending retirement could make someone angry. I’ve been blessed to have health insurance for every day of my Employment......and for my family for the almost 21 years we’ve been married. Of course, while my job pays 100% of my insurance (and will do so until the day I die), the amount I pay monthly to cover my family is equivalent to a new car note......dental is extra! And this is why I drive a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee with 180k miles on it.
I’ve worked long and hard to reach this point, it’s something I’m proud of. More importantly, it’s something I’ve earned! Dedication and loyalty are traits one carves out for themselves over the course of 30+ years. I’ll be contacting the Retirement office next week, giving the go ahead to prepare my Retirement packet. Next month my wife and I will go sit down to ask questions and weigh my options:
A) retiring in 2020 after 30 years of service
B) retiring in 2023 after 33 years of service
If I retire in 2020, the plan is to NOT touch the Retirement money (let it keep compounding) and start a new carrier. Not touching my Retirement for five years will cause my monthly payout to double and I hope to take advantage.
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Originally Posted by Savage Clone
The whole concept of retirement makes me so angry because it's only available to a very select a group of people who have a very select set of variables available to them. I'm working until I die without any doubt. and I hope I die relatively young because of that. I also haven't had health insurance aside from a total sham masquerading as health insurance since sometime in the mid-90s. And the total sham only lasted about six months. people acting like they get to retire and thinking it's some kind of normal thing that everyone has a right to just makes me so angry. I work incredibly hard and I'm going to work incredibly hard until I die.
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