My aunt started at Boeing in 1976 . she retired last year 2025 . 49 years . She told me she is not even on the list for being the longest employed at Boeing . She said there was a woman that started as a rosey the riviter and was there for 70 years .
retirement party; 35 years at the same job
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At 52 you are still a "kid" *LOL*
I always liked working. But I can't imagine what I would have done retiring at 52 unless it was to pursue a hobby or other interesting job.
I would still be working today at almost 70 years old because I love working with people, helping them etc. Salary not important.
I retired full time at 63 and went part time with a bank 25 hour weeks, no weekends. I loved it, prime reason was I didnt want to pay gosh, I dont know anymore 8 to 10k for health insurance at the time and I love working with people. So that brought me to the age of 65 and I thought I would continue to work however they changed the way the branches worked and entire branch was required to work one Sat a month at a branch open on Saturdays to give that branch a break. So that was it, weekends too important to me, I left and honestly, then the health issues started and seemed like that became my new career, going to the doctor! Thankfully I am living good, not incapacitated in anyway, battle with prostate cancer 2025, very active, also wife will be retiring in another year or so.
I had a great job (good boss, good pay, very interesting work that I was good at) and could have afforded to retire at 55. But I was in good health and really liked what I was doing. I eventually retired at 66 1/2 while everything was going great but I felt I was losing my intensity. I had always planned to retire before anyone else thought that would be a good idea.
I think retiring young risks missing out on the best part of your career. And did our net worth ever pile up in those final few working years!
4wd
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Whilst it may be true that folks did not plan well for their retirement - have also seen where the Company didn’t either - and we hire them back as (expensive) consultants …
Yea, WHY? What's COVID 19 name have to be censored for? Edit, Well mine made it, at least it is not the site doing it. Must be the feeling police got to him.
Been at my job for 20 years. Mostly because of location and raising kids. We do get retirement, and Union.VP of the local chapter. I look forward to leaving someday. 20 years and still treated like crap. Union involvement probably doesn't help 
GON
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Went to the storage location where my RV is stored earlier this morning.
75 plus/minus owner outside in his lot working like a dog in the scorching New Mexico pre summer sun. Always enjoy visiting with him.
Older man stated him being outside working his dupa off is keeping him healthy and vibrant. Today he was digging up markers, and replacing them. Zero shade, 5,000 feet elevation.
Man looks fabulous. Fit, sharp as a nail, only things I noticed is slightly diminished hearing.
hit 28 years at my first job yesterday.
I retired at 55 years of age in good health, Best decision I ever made. Since retirement I have been to all 50 states and 41 countries. Have a trip planned for next year that if it happens the wife and I will have knocked off all the continents.
slo town
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If you had the finances to retire early, good for you (and I'm not doubting you or throwing stones).
Although I have everything I need, there are some things I wish I had. For example, I've always wanted a Porsche GT3 RS so I could blast up nearby Hwy 1 and drive to Big Sur for lunch - but in the big scheme of life that GT3 is not very important.
Prior to retiring we had moved out of our home town of 40 years to the Central Coast Wine Country. When I retired I had already been working out of my home office for almost 6 years (this was 20 years before Covid). I left behind my colleagues and more importantly, many decades long friendships. When you're older and no longer have children in the school system and don't work locally it's a good way for a person to become isolated. At least that was my experience. Fortunately we have good neighbors and even more importantly I've been happily married to the same woman for 49 years, so life is good.
Scott
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That was not done by the forum software.
It wasn't, the OP censored it for some reason.
I always got tired of the jobs I worked. I made it to 10 years at a few. I am 63 years old now and have been at my current job for 20 years.
I work for a DOD Contractor and work at NAVWAR. I plan on maybe 5 more years before I retire. This is the only job that I have ever enjoyed doing.
I work for a DOD Contractor and work at NAVWAR. I plan on maybe 5 more years before I retire. This is the only job that I have ever enjoyed doing.
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Many union pensions are running in the hole. Not enough workers paying in.
Yes at my former employer, but only for those that started before Jan 1, 2012. If you started after Jan 1, 2012, the pension no longer exists for those employees. The good thing for me is they continued to contribute to my pension until the day I retired.
Why does it matter? I simply tried to comply with the wishes of the leadership here as I remembered them. I was not aware or had not noticed that it wasn’t a big deal anymore.
If the feeling police are getting to anyone it seems to be you.
Respectfully-there are so many good causes one could put their time in to. My wife and I are so busy we need to keep a google calendar or we have conflicts. It looked like (based on your past photos, etc.,) you moved out of a "regular type neighborhood" to something more rural with your neighbors further apart and not convenient to a city where one could get involved in numerous activates. I mean San Luis Obispo is no longer a college town only.
You need to be mentally prepared to either lose those friendships-or make an effort to keep them through meet-ups, lunches, etc. Sometimes moving somewhere just because you can may not be the best thing.
Best of luck.
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slo town
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It's all good. We've been here 23 years now. It's home and we love it here.
I did volunteer work for Hospice, providing in home care for people nearing life's end. It was very rewarding. I've been thinking about doing it again.
I cared for an old woman, a Templeton native, when her family needed a break or needed to do some shopping. Most times she laid in bed in silence, but sometimes we enjoyed some conversion. She was a sweet old woman who probably weighed less than 70 pounds. It's an eye opener to see your own future!
Being an area native in horse country I used to walk around the living room in her cute little house, looking at all her wall pictures, most of them old enough they were in black and white.
Remember the movie Titanic? The old woman on board the exploration ship with the nightstand picture of her on her standing next to her airplane when she was a young woman?
This was the exact same thing with "Teddy". I used to stare at her framed black and white photos - her life - when she was a beautiful young woman standing next to or riding her horses. Life goes fast.
Scott
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