Losing the will to work!!

I think that's virtually inevitable for anyone who knows the date they're leaving their current job, with the only constraint for non-retirees being not to imperil their good reference.

I was made redundant and the last month I barely appeared in the office - after a manager said to me "You know you don't actually need to be here" or slightly less blunt words to that effect. It was December and I pleaded flu. My partner is leaving their job to set up their own business and has told me they've already mentally checked out - and they won't be leaving for another 10 months until they complete a training course. (Their employer is chronically understaffed so there are no real worries about being pushed before they jump.)

For someone who's retiring in three months it would be very impressive if they were still fully motivated. In fact I'd consider it quite worrying, because it would suggest they weren't quite ready for retirement.

It is also good practice from the employer's point of view because if the retiree is still doing a lot of the work on the day before they leave, the handover will be chaotic. Ideally they should be gradually winding down and have absolutely sod-all to do in the last few days except compose their leaving speech.

In your position I'd be asking about working from home to avoid the need to go into the office and stare at the wall.

To all those daydreaming at work wishing it was all over, spotted on a tee-shirt in Seahouses Northumberland: "The only problem with being retired is that you never get the weekend off"

Ha! Just posted on another thread that I have been coasting for the last 18 months or so. Mentally switched off at work but doing enough to stay in the pack.

I should be feeling guilty but the pangs quickly pass. I let my team get on with the work which they do admirably and I'll always die in a ditch for them.

I could offer to work my butt off again but there is little reward and I like
my current work life balance and sticking to 35-40 hours a week, working from home at least two days a week. I told my boss this and no backlash yet. I've covered her back a lot in the last few years so hopefully she'll put my name up for redundancy as requested!

I was promised redundancy after having been ignored for a couple of years. The redundancy was not supported and it was either kicking off with resultant higher blood pressure or binning it. After putting in my resignation I was given work in an area which I had not worked in for 8 years where there had been 2 major changes of policy and they wanted me to update the documentation. 3 months of signed off stress sick leave put paid to their plans and my career. Not missed it for 1 second. With a good end, a third of my life still to live. Thank goodness I am not a WASPI whose members have all been ground into the dirt and who will not live long enough to see their pensions.
Does anyone remember any retiree 2 months after they leave?