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Post by chrisg on Feb 28, 2023 16:20:02 GMT 1
I have just put my notice at work and will finish 31.3.23. It feels fantastic. Ive been a lift and crane/power press inspector for 35 years and the companies i worked for and their management have changed massively. It takes more time to fill out generic and residual risk assessments and sit site inductions than it actually takes to inspect a lift or crane. I'm glad to be out of it. Working for insurance companies usually comes with a FS pension, so I'm one of the lucky ones.
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Post by dusty350 on Feb 28, 2023 16:49:38 GMT 1
Congrats on your pending retirement.
I'm looking forward to retiring.....again some day🤣
Enjoy
Dusty😉
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Post by midlifecrisisrd on Feb 28, 2023 16:53:09 GMT 1
Brilliant 😃
Hoping to do the same next year but I'll have to see what this bat shit crazy world we are in just now gas affected my pension pots
No FS pension for me I'm afraid
Steve
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Post by geoffers997 on Feb 28, 2023 18:13:56 GMT 1
After over 40 years in the IT world I’m winding down by the end of this year.
Cannot wait to be out of the corporate world. It used to be fun from time to time, now it’s just grey, penny pinching drudgery
No gold clock, no FS pension, but I reckon I’ve enough to maintain a decent standard of living.
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Post by steve h on Feb 28, 2023 18:50:56 GMT 1
My Mrs had a "FS" pension scheme, she was supposed to retire several yrs ago but it went tits up. It was FS....maybe my understanding of "FS" is somewhat different..  |
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Post by geoffb on Feb 28, 2023 19:02:05 GMT 1
Good on you chrisg 👍 Like geoffers997 I have been an IT guy for most of my career (30 years with the same company) and I am now bored of corporate life and more recently bloody “Agile” working practices! My FS pension got frozen several years ago but I do plan to retire in 4 years and perhaps do some volunteering, just to keep busy when I am not fettling in the garage. 😉 |
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Post by spondon440 on Feb 28, 2023 21:26:51 GMT 1
Nice one pal, enjoy.
I've been retired a month and I've yet to have a day off, work that out.
Andy
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Post by reedpete on Feb 28, 2023 21:41:02 GMT 1
I’m going green with all these good news stories… 😂🙈
But hats off to a chris, 1st of April and it’s the first free day of the rest of your life… use it wisely…
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Post by donkeychomp on Feb 28, 2023 23:11:59 GMT 1
Envious of you Chris! What are your plans?
Alex
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Post by rigga on Mar 1, 2023 12:36:05 GMT 1
Congratulations, no regrets here from stopping work, good weather not far away hopefully, you've picked a good time to do it.
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Post by JonW on Mar 1, 2023 12:49:54 GMT 1
Good on you chrisg 👍 Like geoffers997 I have been an IT guy for most of my career (30 years with the same company) and I am now bored of corporate life and more recently bloody “Agile” working practices! My FS pension got frozen several years ago but I do plan to retire in 4 years and perhaps do some volunteering, just to keep busy when I am not fettling in the garage. 😉 Ahh FR-agile*... I saw the writing on the wall with that BS in the early 2000s and got out soon after and changed career, my Mrs has taken redundancy cos of it as well, she finished this monday. She might find something else, but we'll see. * f'in ridiculous... For any old school IT person involved, goes against most of what you know is good practice. |
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Post by dc on Mar 1, 2023 20:01:18 GMT 1
That's nice, I expect you might possibly have one or two aspects you will miss but you will soon forget them once away from it. I bet March flies even though you would think not. 👍
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Post by chrisg on Mar 3, 2023 9:58:49 GMT 1
Envious of you Chris! What are your plans? Alex Spending my childrens inheritance.😀 We like travelling and never really had the time. |
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Post by donkeychomp on Mar 3, 2023 22:31:18 GMT 1
If I could like that twice, I would have!
Alex
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Post by steve63 on Mar 5, 2023 19:01:45 GMT 1
Enjoy your retirement. I had a kind of short term retirement last summer. The company I worked for went tits up at the start of my three week bike trip around Spain in June. I was made redundant, got three months lieu of notice and a new company bought the intellectual rights and started up and asked me if I wanted a job. Couldn't have planned it better myself. Now I'm just looking forward to quitting for good in a year or so (depends what the Mrs decides).
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