After much thinking and back and forth, it's looking like June1, 2022 will be the end of work for me, so less than one year to go. Actually, I will have 8 weeks of vacation time next year, so that translates to April 1 as the last day of actual work. The timing maximizes my retained stock and options without going another whole year.
Not that "early retirement" as I'll be 62 by then, but still before 65!
The holdback has been that I have a pretty prestigious position at my megacorp, the highest ranking technical person in the place (one of only two at my salary grade) and lead the technical community of scientists and engineers not as a manager but as a technical leader. Director's salary, bonus, stock grants with no direct reports to hassle me, no budgets to deal with, no HR issues. It's a pretty sweet setup, but I'm getting tired of it after 17 years in this role. I'm starting to lose my edge and my fire and it seems time to hand the reigns to someone else. I could go another few years, but why? Money is not an issue.
So, a big step for me. I haven't informed management yet and won't until early 2022, but I have to tell someone!
Let the countdown begin!
Not that "early retirement" as I'll be 62 by then, but still before 65!
The holdback has been that I have a pretty prestigious position at my megacorp, the highest ranking technical person in the place (one of only two at my salary grade) and lead the technical community of scientists and engineers not as a manager but as a technical leader. Director's salary, bonus, stock grants with no direct reports to hassle me, no budgets to deal with, no HR issues. It's a pretty sweet setup, but I'm getting tired of it after 17 years in this role. I'm starting to lose my edge and my fire and it seems time to hand the reigns to someone else. I could go another few years, but why? Money is not an issue.
So, a big step for me. I haven't informed management yet and won't until early 2022, but I have to tell someone!
Let the countdown begin!