Early-retirement wannabe

Wednesday2000

I haven't read the whole thread but we are hoping to retire in just over 10 years time. 2026 is the year we have in mind and I will be 50 years old.:)

Goldiegirl

redux wrote: »

Sorry to drift a bit from the subject and risk contentiousness, but we only have to see the likes of Donald Trump on the TV, simplistically braying hatred of immigrants and religious groups and women and any others he can categorise as different or in his way, to realise that some attitudes are very much alive at the top of some businesses.

Yes, I saw Trump on the news at lunchtime - very alarming.


Perhaps I should have said in the rational world, these sorts of attitudes have been left behind

atush

redux wrote: »

Sorry to drift a bit from the subject and risk contentiousness, but we only have to see the likes of Donald Trump on the TV, simplistically braying hatred of immigrants and religious groups and women and any others he can categorise as different or in his way, to realise that some attitudes are very much alive at the top of some businesses.

Makes me embarrassed to be an american to know that anyone at all would vote for him.

Thank goodness i am not a republican, i would have to slit my wrists if he got the nomination!

Marine_life

Goldiegirl wrote: »

Gosh, how archaic! Last time I looked it was 2015, I thought those sorts of attitudes were left behind years ago!

I get the impression that your corporate culture is a masculine jungle, populated by a load of alpha males, all vying to be the top dog, and at any sign of perceived weakness the pack will turn on the weaker animal. Over the years, you've probably bought into this, and along with your competitive nature (as evidenced by the beating and bleeding signature) you will find it really difficult, if not impossible to retire unless you stop believing in the culture and ditch the winning at all costs outlook.

I will be truly gobsmacked if you are able to do this in the foreseeable future.

Wow.

I think the attitudes may have changed on the surface.....but a lot of it is talk and media rather than reality.

Let me give you two examples.

1. We have a modern workplace where people do not have permanent desks and you are encouraged to work from home. But a colleague was criticized for not being a team player because he was perceived to be spending too much time working from home.

2. Our recruitment shows we are missing every target on diversity and inclusiveness such that we are actively being told to recruit more women. Not "recruit the people who are the best for the job" but "recruit more women".

My point being the corporate attitudes may have superficially changed in corporate PR speak but the reality is somewhat different.

Marine_life

gfplux wrote: »

Hi Marinelife, that was an interesting comment about your wife. I did not remember you saying she also was not sure about you retiring. Are you now absolutely sure she is onside. Procrastination might run in the family, lol.

Oh lets be clear she is absolutely NOT onside.

She worries we don't have enough money - I've nearly brought her around on that one.

She's worried I will be bored.......who can say

DesG

Suggest changing thread title to "101 reasons I can't retire before I am 95 or have 40 million in the bank" ?

gadgetmind

Marine_life wrote: »

a colleague was criticized for not being a team player because he was perceived to be spending too much time working from home.

25% of my team work from home 100% of the time! You hold the team together by using good systems.

cathybird

Marine_life, if your wife is not onside then your reluctance to make the jump makes sense. Perhaps if she read some of the early retirement blogs on the web she might see it differently? ... Otherwise it probably just seems like something that "no one does". Whereas there are in fact plenty of people retiring early and not running out of money or getting bored. Just a thought.

coyrls

Marine_life wrote: »

Wow.

I think the attitudes may have changed on the surface.....but a lot of it is talk and media rather than reality.

Let me give you two examples.

1. We have a modern workplace where people do not have permanent desks and you are encouraged to work from home. But a colleague was criticized for not being a team player because he was perceived to be spending too much time working from home.

2. Our recruitment shows we are missing every target on diversity and inclusiveness such that we are actively being told to recruit more women. Not "recruit the people who are the best for the job" but "recruit more women".

My point being the corporate attitudes may have superficially changed in corporate PR speak but the reality is somewhat different.

You really are a long way off retirement aren't you? When I made the decision to retire, one immediate effect was that all this corporate nonsense ceased to bother me; I was still working but because I knew I was going to go, it didn't matter any more. It seems to me that you haven't made that mental change yet because you don't really think you are going to go.

Mr_Costcutter

cathybird wrote: »

Marine_life, if your wife is not onside then your reluctance to make the jump makes sense. Perhaps if she read some of the early retirement blogs on the web she might see it differently? ...

Yes, perhaps she would then realise how fortunate she is.