Johney
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Nice. Wish more of our feeder guys had your attitude.Summer of 2016 I am done. 25 and out at age 46.
Nice. Wish more of our feeder guys had your attitude.Summer of 2016 I am done. 25 and out at age 46.
By the way. That is the lamest pic ever. Stick your head in a holeHow much of a monthly jump if you stay for 30?
If you can make $35/hr pocket change and full benefits I would agree with you. Of course I am PT and can choose my hours makes a huge difference.I'm still leaning to 30 yrs at 51. (2018). Don't care to stay for the 4 extra yrs to clear the penalty. I can find pocket change if I want.
If you can make $35/hr pocket change and full benefits I would agree with you. Of course I am PT and can choose my hours makes a huge difference.
In Central States, so maybe not. Biggest thing is vacation and holiday pay. After you turn 40 you are not going to be working long enough for a decent FT pension so you might as well stay PT and use your seniority to make your money. Ft can be a real grind day after day. At least I can choose what I want to do. Sort of like a FT cover driver that can choose what route he wants to run that day.Why did you never go full time? For now there isn't a big difference in money probably but you will get screwed on pension.
I believe you have to be 21 before you start collecting pension credits.So I started when I was 17 and plan to work between the ages of 60-65. That would put me at 43-48 years of service. I should go feeder this year but who cares how many years of service one has. If one can do it more props to him/her. I love my 6 plus weeks vacation, 100k, family taken care of and lavish get aways. Yes I can leave at 25 and out but easy money is easy money. Besides I have to finish paying off my Porsche.
Sorry. just realized you were just bragging about driving a kraut can. Good luck with your VW.So I started when I was 17 and plan to work between the ages of 60-65. That would put me at 43-48 years of service. I should go feeder this year but who cares how many years of service one has. If one can do it more props to him/her. I love my 6 plus weeks vacation, 100k, family taken care of and lavish get aways. Yes I can leave at 25 and out but easy money is easy money. Besides I have to finish paying off my Porsche.
How much of a monthly jump if you stay for 30?
Life change as well as goals do. Sometimes when you've been doing the same thing for 42 years people get scared about what they will do when they retire. Or the got divorced a while back and their wife get a lot of years of there pension.I had to laugh after reading some of the younger guys bitchin about guys who won't retire "when they are supposed to" so that spots will open up. Not saying they are right but I often wonder why people don't retire if they have the time in. Reminded me of the story UPS did about that package driver who put in 50 years.
There is no way in hell I would do that much time. I know everyone has their own personal reasons for continuing to work like not being financially secure, fear of doing nothing, having a place to go to escape from issues or spouses / kids, loneliness, etc; the list could go on and on but those were just some examples. I work to provide for my family and have money to enjoy the things I want to do or buy that's all.
No matter what luxuries or things I enjoy now, I have also made a decision NOT to put work before any of that and I also decided long ago that I am not going to work so long that I will be too old or broken down to enjoy the last part of my life, the part where I should be able to not have to get up at a certain time or be held to constraints or schedules (other than the ones I make for myself).
Not saying a certain age is the appropriate age to retire but there are alot of people who die before 60 and there are alot who continue to have a great time long after 60. There are also alot of people who pass shortly after retirement and then there are those who don't. Anyways, I figure for me 60 is the age I will be done with any work no matter what. I have savings and 401k and try to plan for the future and hope that I made good decisions financially.
So I ask, why would anyone want to work for so much of their precious and short life. I'm working to live, not living to work. Anyone else feel that way?
25 years is 80%, 30 years is 100%.
I think a lot of people are scared they can't afford to retire. I understand. It's a huge step and once you take it there's no going back. You don't know if you'll live 4 more years or 40.One guy told me he just likes the job. He does have the best route in the building with only 25-30 stops all country driving, but his wife who is also around his age, still works in receiving at a parts supplyhouse. He has hobbies so I really don't know why he stays.
Another guy works because he didn't make good financial decisions and says that he can't afford to retire. Whatever that means...
Let's assume your 30 year pension is $5K. You would lose $1K/month if you choose to leave early.
Ultimately it's all about the money. Otherwise most of us wouldn't be here.30 year pension is quite a bit more than 5K here. You lose 4% per year before 30. Ultimatley though, it's not about the money.