Class of 2016

[Marketwatcher]

I'm getting a bit nervous, but really excited! I get my bonus tomorrow, so that will be out of the way. Then I meet with HR to ask them a couple of questions before I solidify my notice and departure dates. Plan is to announce next Wednesday that I'll be quitting March 2. So excited! Two weeks notice is plenty of time for me....

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[Willers]

Last week I decided to not shave until all 3 indices close in the green, thought yesterday was it, but no, nasdaq gave up the ghost in final minutes. Today looked like a sure thing until oil tanked, so i am starting to look like Gandalf...

So how is that beard looking?

 

[Happily Retired]

DW and I FIRED in the past 2 to 3 weeks at age 59. We're new class of 2016 members. WOO HOO!

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[scrinch]

DW and I FIRED in the past 2 to 3 weeks at age 59. We're new class of 2016 members. WOO HOO!

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Welcome to the class of 2016! I'm planning on giving notice in a little over a month. Getting nervous. Getting excited. Getting out of here.

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[InTheSticks]

I give my 30 day notice two weeks from today. Time has stopped.

 

[Al in Ohio]

I give my 30 day notice two weeks from today. Time has stopped.

Tick tock tick tock.


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[Willers]

DW and I FIRED in the past 2 to 3 weeks at age 59. We're new class of 2016 members. WOO HOO!

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Congrats and welcome to the other side!

 

[Trooper]

DW and I FIRE'd on Feb 5 at ages 57 and 58. Class of 2016: here we are!

 

[InTheSticks]

DW and I FIRE'd on Feb 5 at ages 57 and 58. Class of 2016: here we are!

Congrats. How did those Monday mornings feel?

 

[Trooper]

Congrats. How did those Monday mornings feel?

Great, but not as good as the Sunday nights!

 

[erkevin]

I used to think that I was the only person to get the "Sunday Blues"

 

[InTheSticks]

Great, but not as good as the Sunday nights!

Awesome

 

[Kickernick]

I used to think that I was the only person to get the "Sunday Blues"

I think almost everyone gets the Sunday Blues ... or used to.

 

[Marketwatcher]

Gave my notice last Monday morning. Boss and a few others were shocked. I gave them two weeks, they asked me to stay an additional week and work from home. Sounds good to me! I had been stealthily reassigning tasks and reducing my workload over the past few weeks, so the transition for new folks is easy. I feel the hard part is over. March 9 is my very last day. It's coming fast. My boyfriend will be retiring as well. We're in our early 50s. It feels like a dream. The best part will be when we start living in out travel trailer full time in April. So glad to get rid of the house and everything in it.

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[SecondCor521]

We have to start introducing the happy dance!

(I started with the list in post #260 and added people between then and now. Hopefully I got everyone right!)

January
- SDHiker - 1/5/16 - age 56
- Vireo - 1/8 - age 60
- robertf57 - 1/22 - age 58
- Ghandi - 1/14 - age 49
- inky - 1/29 - age 43
- Willers - 1/31
- YakGrl - 1/31 - age 56
- lhamo's DH - 1/31 - age 58
- Happily Retired + DW - age 59 -

February
- Happyras 2/1 - age 61
- Trooper + DW - 2/5 - age 57/58 -
- SecondCor521 - 2/19 - age 46 -

March
- InTheSticks - 3/1 - age 57
- Sasset - 3/1 - age 55
- HadEnuff- 3/1 - age 62
- MarketWatcher - 3/9
- lisa99 - 3/11 - age 54
- scrinch (also listed in May?!?)

April
- Kickernick - 4/1 - age 49
- UtahSkier - 4/1 - age 54/55
- moneygrubber - 4/1 - age 55
- analytic_al - 4/1 - age 54
- hiker88 - 4/1 - age 55
- Dektolman - 4/2
- Boog - 4/6 - age 58
- Music Lover - 4/22 - age 53
- Davis65 - 4/26 - age 50
- Derslickmeister - 4/29 - age 53
- OnTheBeach - 4/30 - age 46
- Doribe - 4/30 - age 59

May
- Rdub - 5/1 - age 46
- scrinch - 5/1 - age 57
- Dogman 5/1 - age 60

June
- LoneAspen - 6/1 - age 49
- 38Chevy454 - 6/1 - age 52
- Backdraft57 - 6/3 - age 57
- wkouios - 6/3
- erkevin- 6/30 - age 52
- Jgot - 6/30 - age 60

July
- rdy2go - 7/1 - age 65
- Al in Ohio - 7/5 - age 55
- Senator - 7/5 - age 56

August

September
- OrcasIslandBound - 9/1 - age 58

October

November

December
- jelly bean counter - 12/1 - age 62
- DanD76 - 12/1 - age 59
- Longranger - 12/25 - age 60
- neihn - 12/31 - age 55
- 53anddone - 12/31 - age 54

 

[jcretire77]

Please add jcretire77 to 7/2016 at 57

 

[Al in Ohio]

Please add jcretire77 to 7/2016 at 57

Did you pick a day yet?


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[CountryGal]

CountryGal Jan 25th 2016 - 57

 

[jcretire77]

Hoping for no later the July 5th, 2016

 

[robertf57]

Not entirely certain what the happy dance emoji signifies, but if it means you actually retired, then I am dancing away!

 

[foxfirev5]

It's official. This week I mailed in the paperwork for a 4/29/16 retirement. Just before I turn 60.

 

[Sasset]

I have moved my date from 3/1 to 7/5. This gets me to the end of Megacorp fiscal year and bonus eligibility.


January
- SDHiker - 1/5/16 - age 56
- Vireo - 1/8 - age 60
- robertf57 - 1/22 - age 58
- Ghandi - 1/14 - age 49
- inky - 1/29 - age 43
- Willers - 1/31
- YakGrl - 1/31 - age 56
- lhamo's DH - 1/31 - age 58
- Happily Retired + DW - age 59 -

February
- Happyras 2/1 - age 61
- Trooper + DW - 2/5 - age 57/58 -
- SecondCor521 - 2/19 - age 46 -

March
- InTheSticks - 3/1 - age 57
- HadEnuff- 3/1 - age 62
- MarketWatcher - 3/9
- lisa99 - 3/11 - age 54
- scrinch (also listed in May?!?)

April
- Kickernick - 4/1 - age 49
- UtahSkier - 4/1 - age 54/55
- moneygrubber - 4/1 - age 55
- analytic_al - 4/1 - age 54
- hiker88 - 4/1 - age 55
- Dektolman - 4/2
- Boog - 4/6 - age 58
- Music Lover - 4/22 - age 53
- Davis65 - 4/26 - age 50
- Derslickmeister - 4/29 - age 53
- OnTheBeach - 4/30 - age 46
- Doribe - 4/30 - age 59

May
- Rdub - 5/1 - age 46
- scrinch - 5/1 - age 57
- Dogman 5/1 - age 60

June
- LoneAspen - 6/1 - age 49
- 38Chevy454 - 6/1 - age 52
- Backdraft57 - 6/3 - age 57
- wkouios - 6/3
- erkevin- 6/30 - age 52
- Jgot - 6/30 - age 60

July
- rdy2go - 7/1 - age 65
- Al in Ohio - 7/5 - age 55
- Senator - 7/5 - age 56
Sasset - 7/5 - age 55

August

September
- OrcasIslandBound - 9/1 - age 58

October

November

December
- jelly bean counter - 12/1 - age 62
- DanD76 - 12/1 - age 59
- Longranger - 12/25 - age 60
- neihn - 12/31 - age 55
- 53anddone - 12/31 - age 54

 

[Billk400]

Billk400 5/27/16. I'll be 61; yea not real early, but better than most!

I see there is no standard time / length for giving notice when your retiring (like changing jobs where 2 weeks is the standard notice). I am planning to give 60 days or 8 weeks to enable the company to find and train a replacement before I am gone, but thinking about shortening to 45 days. Just don't want the company to dump crap (pain in the ass projects) on me to complete before I leave. Id give a 30 day notice, but this might be too short. Any opinions or have personal experience in this area?

 

[jcretire77]

I'm curious too. I have a small team of system admins. Myself and three others. One just took a job in another department and we should get a replacement requisition for him. Another is retiring in August. One would think that we would get a replacement requisition for him. But I've been told that upper management wants to see if we can be fine with just three. Hmmm, I wondering if they can do just fine with two. I've actually been angry this past week when I heard that. I have thought about giving a couple of months notice, but part of me wants to give them one month now.

 

[Al in Ohio]

Same struggles here. I also want to work from home about 30 hours per month on one project at a time for a rear after, so that factors in. I kind of settled in on giving 8-10 weeks notice. I might even potentially have a good willing replacement in mind.


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