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View Poll Results: Did you delay retirement for OMY?
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No
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47.89% |
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Yes, for one year
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13.38% |
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Yes, for two years
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19.72% |
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Yes, but I lost count after delaying two years
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16.20% |
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This is a stupid poll!
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01-21-2014, 12:19 PM
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#81
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2006
Location: west coast, hi there!
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Originally Posted by robnplunder
At both megacorps (acquired & acquirer), layoffs are done to groups/projects/employee job functions no longer needed for the company. I managed to avoid standing in a wrong line, did enough to be needed, etc.. It is a curse.
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Nice way to put this (in red). 
I stood in the wrong line in my final work assignment. Turns out it was for the best.
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01-21-2014, 05:55 PM
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#82
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 944
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No, I was so fed up with the corporate BS. I started to read about early retirement - that's how I found this forum. Crunched numbers....was elated to find I had enough to jump. Talked to wife, thought, crunched numbers, sleepless nights, crunched numbers. Gave notice about 6 weeks after realizing I had enough cash AND BS. Got free at 49 and still loving every day 
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Freed at 49. You only live once - live it
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01-21-2014, 06:15 PM
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#83
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Colorado Mountains
Posts: 3,165
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I started to do OMY when my son said he was going to take OMY for college. My OMY lasted 3 months and I was done. That was a painful 3 months (except for the 6 weeks I was on vacation. )
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01-23-2014, 08:11 AM
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#84
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lawn chair in Texas
Posts: 14,183
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My intention was to retire in 2016, when I'll be able to supplement my portfolio and a scrawny pension with SS. The stars are beginning to align; have w*rked enough hours this school year to qualify for six years on the pension, and should be qualified for seven about this time next year.
The original 2016/62yo plan is 2.5 years out; I may end up w*rking one less year... 
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Have Funds, Will Retire
...not doing anything of true substance...
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01-26-2014, 12:52 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Bay Area
Posts: 2,745
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Originally Posted by Lsbcal
Nice way to put this (in red).
I stood in the wrong line in my final work assignment. Turns out it was for the best. |
Another way to look at it is that you stand in the right line unknowingly. I wish I could have done that. If I did, I had no choice to RE and make it work with what I have. Instead, I am at OMY for two years.
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01-26-2014, 05:47 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,984
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Since next month was my original date, I don't think the class of '14 target will be met. I've already scheduled myself out to September. Maybe a workforce reduction would help me along but I don't see that in the immediate future. Also the healthcare situation has a lot of unknowns. So it probably looks like 2 more - Feb 2016. With that I'll still make my goal of retirement before age 60.
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Took SS at 62 and hope I live long enough to regret the decision.
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