Working after retiring from career job

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Anonymous wrote:I am almost 62 and ready to retire from my federal job after 29 years. I’ve had enough.

Question: Do you work part-time in your retirement and if so, what do you do? Do you work in your field or in something completely different? How long did you take a break , if any, before you found another paying job?

Inquiring minds what to know.

If you need to be bringing money in, I’d keep working in your fed job.

I recently retired at 50 from the feds and I make the same amount of money working as a contractor 3 days/week as I did working full time. My spare time has obviously doubled and it has been great, no regrets whatsoever. I'll probably fully retire in a couple of years.

Can I ask what field - in general? And do you have a clearance? This sounds ideal.

Not me, but somewhat similar in that I make a decent hourly wage ($150/hr) part-time now. That compensation is very likely related to my clearances, which are required for my part-time job.

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supporting the military industrial complex

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am almost 62 and ready to retire from my federal job after 29 years. I’ve had enough.

Question: Do you work part-time in your retirement and if so, what do you do? Do you work in your field or in something completely different? How long did you take a break , if any, before you found another paying job?

Inquiring minds what to know.

If you need to be bringing money in, I’d keep working in your fed job.

I recently retired at 50 from the feds and I make the same amount of money working as a contractor 3 days/week as I did working full time. My spare time has obviously doubled and it has been great, no regrets whatsoever. I'll probably fully retire in a couple of years.

Can I ask what field - in general? And do you have a clearance? This sounds ideal.

Not me, but somewhat similar in that I make a decent hourly wage ($150/hr) part-time now. That compensation is very likely related to my clearances, which are required for my part-time job.

Decent? ha! That wage probably puts you in the top 5%.

If you have a clearance, there are a ton of slacker type jobs paying $30-40/hr. Before I retired, I had almost 30k in deductions/yr coming out of my check. Previous fed salary of 100k minus 30k deductions=70k. Fed annuity= 45k. So, part-time gig only has to pay 25k. The only downside is that I no longer contribute to my TSP, but it's almost irrelevant at this point because I've saved so much over the years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:HI. I am the OP. I will get a government pension, which is a small fraction of what I am earning full time. Just need to supplement it somewhat to put off pulling from savings. Just curious about fun things people find to do..not necessarily in their field of expertise. I can do what I did in the feds part-time, but would be interested in exploring completely different areas too. Not into retail though. Only part-time gigs. Not too terribly physical or on my feel all day..

Thanks,

How come your pension doesn’t sound that good? Do you need more time in grade for more $? I know it’s tough but maybe RIP for the next three years? Wearing headphones helps
Second the rec for contract investigations— lots of companies you could work for with set hours & boring but steady money

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Anonymous wrote:EEO Investigations - scale up or down and work from home. Contractors tend to love retired feds

Would love to hear more about this.

[Anonymous]

Hi. I saw this thread and recently retired from the Fed. My job was very stressful and I worked with two folks who hardly did anything. My morale was so low and I was miserable. So I left. I am 63. I know I am “ retirement age” but still need to use my brain. Interested in what others are doing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am almost 62 and ready to retire from my federal job after 29 years. I’ve had enough.

Question: Do you work part-time in your retirement and if so, what do you do? Do you work in your field or in something completely different? How long did you take a break , if any, before you found another paying job?

Inquiring minds what to know.

If you need to be bringing money in, I’d keep working in your fed job.

NP here. DH is retiring at 52 with 70% of his income as pension. It really doesn’t make sense for him to continue working his high stress job full time for that extra 30%.

How is he doing that on FERS??

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I am planning to substitute teach a couple of days a week and work summer camp to have travel money.

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My neighbor became a lifeguard at a state beach in summer. After 10 years he got a state pension. Had to pass physical each year kept him in great shape. He made it the 10 years!