Katsmeow
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For almost 30 years I've worked very closely with...kind of hard to explain. I guess technically my boss...really I guess I'm his right hand man (woman).
So today I told him that I planned to retire in a few months, wasn't sure exactly when maybe April-ish.
I decided to tell him since I felt he needed enough notice so he could decide how to replace me, etc.
I was not entirely sure how he would respond. We've worked together very many years so have a close relationship. At the same time he relies on me a lot and he is one of those fortunate people who loves his work and has no desire to retire.
Thankfully it went very very well. I was surprised to find that he wasn't surprised. A few months ago, actually before deciding to soon retire, I had mentioned wanting to downsize our house and he put that together with knowing my husband's age and thought that people often downsize shortly before retirement. So the possibility had crossed his mind.
Of course, he wanted me to stay longer. I didn't set a specific time but may end up staying a month or two longer than I originally thought.
I did make the comment to him that we are downsizing the house and wanting a lower cost lifestyle and that I hoped it would all work out but we will be getting used to living on a lower budget than in the past. His comment was that I shouldn't worry about it because I could always come back and work part time or something. So it was nice to have that option presented.
So today I told him that I planned to retire in a few months, wasn't sure exactly when maybe April-ish.
I decided to tell him since I felt he needed enough notice so he could decide how to replace me, etc.
I was not entirely sure how he would respond. We've worked together very many years so have a close relationship. At the same time he relies on me a lot and he is one of those fortunate people who loves his work and has no desire to retire.
Thankfully it went very very well. I was surprised to find that he wasn't surprised. A few months ago, actually before deciding to soon retire, I had mentioned wanting to downsize our house and he put that together with knowing my husband's age and thought that people often downsize shortly before retirement. So the possibility had crossed his mind.
Of course, he wanted me to stay longer. I didn't set a specific time but may end up staying a month or two longer than I originally thought.
I did make the comment to him that we are downsizing the house and wanting a lower cost lifestyle and that I hoped it would all work out but we will be getting used to living on a lower budget than in the past. His comment was that I shouldn't worry about it because I could always come back and work part time or something. So it was nice to have that option presented.