Retirement

[arnieboy]

Welcome to the club, enjoy!

 

[PaulMdj]

That's it. As of 1st February I am now officially retired. I passed 67 in January and did my last day of actual work on 28th January. It was a busy week as I drove from Glasgow to Worcester on Monday, carried out the last bit of training in Worcester on Tuesday, drove to Crewe on Tuesday evening and went out for a meal with my colleagues Wednesday morning went in to hand over my laptop, phone and iPad and do the final finishing off and drove back to Glasgow in the afternoon. It felt odd walking out of our office for the last time, but the long drive home helped to settle my mind. During all this I was absolutely full of a cold, sods law I suppose.
The interesting thing about Thursday morning was I realised that for the first time in a long tie, there wasn't that little lingering thought in my mind about work. It was now out of my control and I didn't think about it at all, and hasn't been since.
Totally floored on Thursday/Friday as the cold really hit me but then managed to sort out buying my company car, and getting it insured (ouch! as no NCD carried over from my old job), and spoke to my financial advisor on Monday to sort out finances going forward. Now I need to speak HMRC next week after my last salary goes in to sort out my tax code and then onto my pension provider to let them know about that as well. All the stuff that my company did automatically, I now have to sort out. Not a big thing but just new things to sort.
Now on to retired life after 50+ years of work. I definitely won't miss it, as the last year of a 3 day week has been a good lead in to retiring and now just on to my next stage in life.

Congratulations and enjoy your retirement, you and your loved ones come first.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I found the first days and week or two a rather odd time as of course I had no more evening ‘must sort tomorrow’ work thoughts filling my head..Sunday evenings especially. But nice. Aaaaaand reeeelaaax.

 

[NearHull]

Regarding company car and personal car insurance NCD. I recall facing the same problem but vaguely remember getting some sort of NCD allowance, but it was 11 years ago.

Just recalled that I went to an Insurance Broker because I couldn’t achieve any NCD on line.

 

[Hobbit]

Regarding company car and personal car insurance NCD. I recall facing the same problem but vaguely remember getting some sort of NCD allowance, but it was 11 years ago.

Just recalled that I went to an Insurance Broker because I couldn’t achieve any NCD on line.

Ditto. I needed a letter from the company stating there had been no claims.

 

[Red devil]

That's it. As of 1st February I am now officially retired. I passed 67 in January and did my last day of actual work on 28th January. It was a busy week as I drove from Glasgow to Worcester on Monday, carried out the last bit of training in Worcester on Tuesday, drove to Crewe on Tuesday evening and went out for a meal with my colleagues (lovely night). Wednesday morning went in to hand over my laptop, phone and iPad and do the final finishing off and drove back to Glasgow in the afternoon. It felt odd walking out of our office for the last time, but the long drive home helped to settle my mind. During all this I was absolutely full of a cold, sods law I suppose.
The interesting thing about Thursday morning was I realised that for the first time in a long time, there wasn't that little lingering thought in my mind about work. It was now out of my control and I didn't think about it at all, and hasn't been since.
Totally floored on Thursday/Friday as the cold really hit me but then managed to sort out buying my company car, and getting it insured (ouch! as no NCD carried over from my old job), and spoke to my financial advisor on Monday to sort out finances going forward. Now I need to speak HMRC next week after my last salary goes in to sort out my tax code and then onto my pension provider to let them know about that as well. All the stuff that my company did automatically, I now have to sort out. Not a big thing but just new things to sort.
Now on to retired life after 50+ years of work. I definitely won't miss it, as the last year of a 3 day week has been a good lead in to retiring and now just on to my next stage in life.

2 and a half years left for me. I enjoy my job and it's a four day week and I'll miss the banter, which working in Liverpool is very good.
One thing I won't miss is getting up at 2am for 3 o clock starts that have started to take its toll the older I get.

 

[Robster59]

Regarding company car and personal car insurance NCD. I recall facing the same problem but vaguely remember getting some sort of NCD allowance, but it was 11 years ago.

Just recalled that I went to an Insurance Broker because I couldn’t achieve any NCD on line.

I had to go to a broker as, whilst I could provide driving history, I couldn't get proof of NCD from them.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Very mean of your previous insurance company. When I bought my company car the insurance company I had used gave me a letter showing my NCD.

 

[Tashyboy]

2 and a half years left for me. I enjoy my job and it's a four day week and I'll miss the banter, which working in Liverpool is very good.
One thing I won't miss is getting up at 2am for 3 o clock starts that have started to take its toll the older I get.

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