Your Retirement Job?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My ideal would be to take on seasonal work and rotate throughout the year. Retail help at the holidays, summer camp helper, work at a pumpkin patch in the fall. If I want to skip a season, I can do that. I would like to work in retirement but don't want to be tied down to a weekly, year-round schedule.

I love this idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I plan to step up the mystery shopping (not for the pay which is negligible but for fine dining/hotel/spa reimbursements). I’d love to find part time work for a hotel or airline company for travel discounts but guessing that’s hard to get.

This prompted me to sign up for this. Looks like it could be fun!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am currently retired, but I do two consulting projects per year for a federal government agency. Each project is about 160 hours at $350/hr. That’s my vacation money.

So you’re not retired. You work part time. 320 hours a year. Got it.

Are you a dumbass, PP? The whole thread is about jobs people took after they retired from the job that is presently paying retirement benefits, pension, etc.

So. They’re still working. Getting paid. Not retired. Just doing something else.

DP. When you work because you want to, and not because you have to, and especially not for benefits, and especially part time, then I am not going to be the word police or die on that dumb hill. They are retired from their main career.

Ok, so every working spouse of a Biglaw partner must be retired then?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am currently retired, but I do two consulting projects per year for a federal government agency. Each project is about 160 hours at $350/hr. That’s my vacation money.

So you’re not retired. You work part time. 320 hours a year. Got it.

Are you a dumbass, PP? The whole thread is about jobs people took after they retired from the job that is presently paying retirement benefits, pension, etc.

So. They’re still working. Getting paid. Not retired. Just doing something else.

DP. When you work because you want to, and not because you have to, and especially not for benefits, and especially part time, then I am not going to be the word police or die on that dumb hill. They are retired from their main career.

Ok, so every working spouse of a Biglaw partner must be retired then?

You are really showing off your asshattery skills today.

If I work 30 years in BigLaw and I retire from that and then umpire a few baseball games for a few dollars, I am still retired. You tool.

[Anonymous]

I am going to be a divemaster. Crappy pay, but dive for free. No set schedule, do it when I want. Since I am retiring overseas, I'll also be a guide for US tourists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My colleague retired and is now a dogwalker. It keeps her fit.

This is what I plan on doing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My colleague retired and is now a dogwalker. It keeps her fit.

This is what I plan on doing.

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Unless she does it for free, she’s a professional dog walker. Not retired.

[Anonymous]

I would love to give tours at a historic house or site.

[Anonymous]

I’m going to work on farms especially during harvest season.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The absolute best retirement jobs in the DMV region are IT jobs at

1. Navy Federal
2. IRS

About an hour's work a week.

Agree. Can make 250k at Navy working 1-3 hours a day.

Please explain.

[Anonymous]

My mom is an Admin Assistant now at a local CPA firm. She was a CPA prior to retiring, so she knows the ins and outs. She loves being interact with people, but mostly, she loves the insurance. The secondary insurance she needed to carry with Medicare was very, very expensive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My colleague retired and is now a dogwalker. It keeps her fit.

This is what I plan on doing.

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Unless she does it for free, she’s a professional dog walker. Not retired.

Give it a rest. What is your problem?

[Anonymous]

Volunteering only, no paid work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Volunteering only, no paid work.

Sigh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mom is an Admin Assistant now at a local CPA firm. She was a CPA prior to retiring, so she knows the ins and outs. She loves being interact with people, but mostly, she loves the insurance. The secondary insurance she needed to carry with Medicare was very, very expensive.

Does she work year round or only Jan-April? full-time / part-time? how does busy season impact her hours?