nancyfrank232
Recycles dryer sheets
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I’ve tried to retire twice in the past. In both cases I was FI so I left cold turkey. There was no reason to keep working when, at the time, I was done with working
Define an “offer you can’t refuse”. Let’s say it’s double your salary for a year. Is that really going to change your life? If so, how? If not, why do it?
Time to move on. If you’re really ready to retire (financially speaking) then whatever they offer you would doubtfully make a difference to anyone but your heirs.
This response really resonates with me. Even at 2X my salary, I would have a tough time staying on. The main reason is that I would be responsible for a complete system rewrite, which I've been through once and refuse to undergo that level of agony again. Besides, most of the extra earnings would go toward taxes anyway. I just don't see the point.
Thank you all once again for taking time to share your thoughts.
It always interests me when folks talk about giving notice. The company wouldn't care about giving notice to displaced workers if it was best for the company. And if you got hit by a bus, the company would keep chugging along. People find it hard to believe they just aren't that irreplaceable.
On the other hand, my megacorp used "we're remodeling the office" as the pretext for having the entire department clear out their offices and work from home for a couple of weeks.Very true, but if your company would give you the courtesy of giving you notice, it's appropriate to try to do the same for them. My employer has kept people on overhead and let them job search from the office, and often finds positions on other projects for people whose positions have been lost, so I would try to give as much notice as I thought they needed. But if I worked for an employer who fired anyone who gives notice and had security escort them out posthaste, I wouldn't give any notice whatsoever (mostly just to protect myself and my income, not to "get back at them" or anything).