ReadyOrNot
Confused about dryer sheets
- Joined
- Nov 1, 2010
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- 5
I'm ready! My last day will be some time in 2011. I'm 56 years old. My net worth is $1.6M, not including my mortgage-free house. I have no outstanding loans. I live way below my means, on about $26K/year. My estimated retirement budget is $33K/year, which would include health insurance (currently paid for by my company). The budget also includes a set-aside lump-sum fund of $200K for large non-recurring (at least not annually!) expenses like roof/car/furnace/deck replacement, etc.
OK, so here's my dilemma. I'm a long-time employee of a good-sized company. They've been good to me, and I've served them very well over the years. If they offered me an early-retirement package, I would take it in a second, but as far as I know, they don't do that (except maybe at the the C-level). When they had layoffs a couple years back, they gave out extremely generous severance packages. What's more, I've heard through the scuttlebutt that even when they terminate someone for cause, they give them very generous severance pay in exchange for promising not to sue.
On the other hand, folks who just hand in their resignation get nothing, other than pay for any accrued vacation time.
See where I'm going with this? There's a devil on my shoulder urging me to get myself fired instead of resigning, which would get me 16+ additional work-free weeks of pay and health insurance.
Since I know that's not ethical, has anyone ever heard of someone going to HR and just requesting an early-retirement package out of the blue? Is that ever done? Does it ever work?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
OK, so here's my dilemma. I'm a long-time employee of a good-sized company. They've been good to me, and I've served them very well over the years. If they offered me an early-retirement package, I would take it in a second, but as far as I know, they don't do that (except maybe at the the C-level). When they had layoffs a couple years back, they gave out extremely generous severance packages. What's more, I've heard through the scuttlebutt that even when they terminate someone for cause, they give them very generous severance pay in exchange for promising not to sue.
On the other hand, folks who just hand in their resignation get nothing, other than pay for any accrued vacation time.
See where I'm going with this? There's a devil on my shoulder urging me to get myself fired instead of resigning, which would get me 16+ additional work-free weeks of pay and health insurance.
Since I know that's not ethical, has anyone ever heard of someone going to HR and just requesting an early-retirement package out of the blue? Is that ever done? Does it ever work?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.