The joy of FU money

cfw1994

badmemory said:

It can be quite fun working when you could well be retired.  I could have retired at 60 (with a pathetic pension so wasn't going to happen) so I stayed on doing the same job for a couple of years.  Fortunately HO was down south & they had problems getting people to do what they needed (wouldn't pay the southern price more like).  Then someone realised that when I started working for them many years before & before they had taken things in house I used to do them.  So for the next 3 years I learned 3 new jobs whilst they trained up someone to do them.  It was fun & very good for an over 60 brain, I didn't have time to get demetia!

This is so true!
(& by the way, great forum name given your last comment there 🤣👍)

I was originally planning to duck out at 56…then Covid struck.
I spent almost another year, mostly enjoying the wonders of zoom (I already technically worked from home).  

Gave me plenty of time to properly think about Day 1 of my impending freedom….& indeed construct a multi-verse limerick leaving speech/presentation(photos included!)
Of course my leaving do was a zoom of my own making, so I invited workmates (& a few partners/customers) from far and wide…..bring their own drinks (saved me a fortune 🤪🍻).  I enjoyed a very pleasant hour delivering that and chatting to a bunch of them. 

But the FU money is indeed a very liberating thing.  It means the Company needs to value your time and encourage you to continue giving them it (for the wage, of course).  & when they don’t, or the lunatics in the asylum get too much, then you climb your ladder and move on!

SouthCoastBoy

Money brings choices, congratulation bluenose. We now just need Everton to get some decent results.

For me it meant I left my old company, but rather than retiring I took a 50k paycut, I am now in a job where the dynamics are very different and the "going to work" is a lot more enjoyable, my responsibilities are a lot less and suddenly I am in a stress free environment.

Ciprico

I had the opposite problem, I was thinking of retiring, but was then diagnosed with cancer. I gave my notice but my manager refused to accept it for the reason I gave of needing time off for treatment and recovery and probably not wanting to work afterwards

Of course they can't make me work but my job is very cushy and I've always worked from home and well paid. Clearly my boss is reasonable, so I am plodding along sitting in the sunshine not wanting to say fu to the boss but thinking I might have to, soon, in not so many words...

bluenose1

Ciprico said:

I had the opposite problem, I was thinking of retiring, but was then diagnosed with cancer. I gave my notice but my manager refused to accept it for the reason I gave of needing time off for treatment and recovery and probably not wanting to work afterwards

Of course they can't make me work but my job is very cushy and I've always worked from home and well paid. Clearly my boss is reasonable, so I am plodding along sitting in the sunshine not wanting to say fu to the boss but thinking I might have to, soon, in not so many words...

@CipricoSorry to hear about the cancer, good luck with the treatment and good to know you have the option to go if you want to.

handful

I'm enjoying receiving FU money for the first time after an unexpected inheritance. I've asked (told) my employer I want to reduce to 4 days form April and understand if he wants to find a replacement for me who will work 5 days. If he does I will happily walk away. In fact I'm almost hoping he does! If he does agree I will probably do 6 months of that and reduce to 3 days again under the same understanding! If I hated my job I would just go but I quite enjoy it, just want more free time!