Reminded Why I Retired. - Page 4

CrazyKittyLvr2 · ‎05-11-2013

@Love my grandkids The one place I worked for almost 18 years (the real estate years not divorce years) and I was the only RE person, I kept saying to the attorneys "what if". What if I get sick, what if I die or just leave, no one else can do the closing paperwork. No one worried about it excepr me.

After I gave my 2 week notice the owner/attorney said "what about the RE".. I pointed out he ignored my "what if" warnings for years and now it was"what if time". He never talked to me for my final week there.

I guess they had a few ugly weeks until someone figured the job.

Love my grandkids · ‎11-24-2013

@CrazyKittyLvr2 It's amazing how clueless *some* attorneys can be! Well, you gave them fair warning.

Love my grandkids · ‎11-24-2013

@Pantsonfire2 Very true! I was watching an old episode of Law & Order (the original) and someone said "We'll get a motion for a summary judgment"! I almost screamed LOL. I prayed I'd NEVER heard those words again in this life!

CrazyKittyLvr2 · ‎05-11-2013

@Love my grandkids The kicker is I was the one willing to stay late, come in weekends, deliver docs to peoples house, etc.

I sat in on closings and could explain everything that was going on if I had to.

When they changed the HUD form in 2009, I think, I went to a seminar to learn the changes. It was a pain in the butt. The first closing with the HUD forms. I took him a file for a closing he had and said, "these are the new HUD forms" and started to show him. He didn't want to hear it, grabbed the file and off he went. I hoped no one asked him questions.

They might know the RE laws but don't know squat about a HUD form. He couldn't have done one if they had a gun to his head.

Like I told him, "what if",

agb80 · ‎10-16-2020

My husband had a great job for a great company for many years where people liked him, respected him and thought he was a genius....huh???? But anyway he hated it and bought a retirement countdown clock about a year before his departure and it was in his office at work for all to see including his boss but he did not care and I think they thought it was all a big joke.

But when that retirement clock went down to zero he was gone. He went to HR and requested all the pertinent paperwork to show medicare pertaining to having medical coverage for him and me for all those years and then he was gone.

We disconnected our landline and very few had his cell phone number.

He couldn't be happier.

roeroe1005 · ‎03-13-2010

@Meowingkitty,

Oh my gosh, I thought I was reading my story! Same here, at that point I was at my job 29 years. Up to this point, even when my job was insane (legal secretary doing International law & Divest & Acq), I still dealt with it. But after my boss retired and an attorney from our Vienna office came over, ugh, I was very unhappy. We got along when he was in Vienna, but when he moved to our office in NY, I don't know what happened.

I would also cry every Sunday night, knowing that I had to go into the office for 5 long days. I started looking for another job.

Two days after my 30th anniversary, we were called into the auditorium and told our headquarters would be moving to Chicago. Only managers would be going; all secretaries would lose their job. I made the sign of the cross and left that meeting smiling. I was only 49 and still had to work, but got a year's severance and eventually found a job in the school district that I absolutely loved and ended up retiring from there. Same scenerio - my boss, who I loved, ended up being superintendent. When I met the new principal (the only interview I did not attend), shook his hand, and went home and wrote my retirement letter. I knew it would not work out and I was not going thru that again!

Pantsonfire2 · ‎07-30-2019

@Love my grandkids ... my office was more like The Good Wife ... BUT after 27 years there I retired. It look me awhile to get in the swing of retirement. The attorneys were always a challenge but they also took good care of us. Things have changed from the time I started there ... at that time there were parties and lunches for Secretaries week to now where they have practically done away with the day itself. I worked very hard for my attorneys but they were also very good to me. If they were coming back from lunch they would stop at a bakery and bring back my favorite flourless chocolate cake... I received lovely gifts for birthdays and holidays and I knew their wives and kids ... invited to bat mitzahs and other family events and it was truly a very special relationship. I miss those relationships but love retirement more. I feel sorry for those working in today's atmosphere where they give you as little as they can get away with ... heaven knows how things will be once offices begin to open after this past year ... ugh !!

eadu4 · ‎06-14-2011

My husband works 3 jobs and I am still working as well. Never had a vacation and never traveled anywhere. Never wanted to and happy to still work. Neither one of us has any desire to "retire". I'd go nuts if I had to sit around all day as would he. We have a small house so no real "outdoor work" to do beyond mowing. Hate gardening (tried that years ago yuck). Have no desire to travel. He doesn't travel well, has no clue how to even check in at a hotel and don't get me started on flying anywhere, we did that once and he's just terrible to go anywhere with. My grands are 10 minutes away and I see them frequently. We have a pool and they come over from the time we open it until the time we close it lol. My husband has scaled back his weekend work only due to the fact it costs us more in taxes than it's worth. And yes we are quite happy. For those that enjoy traveling have at it! We have taken day trips to the beach, and done an overnight here and there but again no real desire. We have commutes into work (I vanpool) he has many buildings he oversees so he goes all over the place. And yes we are happy. For my commute I have to get up at 2-2:30 to be at the commuter lot by 4:15. He gets up at 3-3:30. An no not tired, not angry we are quite satisfied in our life. For those that love retirement, enjoy it. Some of us are quite happy to continue working. Weird but that's us.

RetRN · ‎10-01-2013

I retired at 62 after working in a high stress career for 40 years. For me, it was a wonderful choice allowing me to live a peaceful and relaxed lifestyle. I do not travel as I did that when I was young, so very glad I did it then. My mortage was paid off prior to my retirement which was nice. I no longer have a schedule, can do what I want when I want and come and go as I please. For myself, it was a great choice.