OP here.

I feel so free! My decision is known to my boss and her boss.

Nothing will be official until I put it in writing in the next few months.

Anonymous wrote:I’m retiring in 18 months and don’t plan to give more than a month’s notice, knowing they may make me leave earlier. I’m also carefully planning out my PTO since they don’t pay it out and have a history of having people leave if they take any leave after giving notice.

It’s a shame because it’s a good place to work otherwise, but everyone on staff knows how they treat people who put in notice (for any reason).

My first “boss” was retiring at 65 and gave his two week notice after working at the same company for 31 years. They let him go that same day just to avoid paying out the 2 weeks either because they’re cheap, petty, vindictive, or all of the above. Way to show the rest of the employees that loyalty will not be rewarded at this company.

It's weird to me that people keep screeching about needing to wait until OP needing to wait until she's vested when she's been there 20 years.

Are there places where that wouldn't be enough?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have a pension, I wouldn’t give notice one second before you’re fully vested.

I am fully vested.

Waiting until 65 for the Medicare.

If you are OP, I would give a hint like “You know, I am coming up on Medicare eligibility” 2-3 months out and then a month of legit written notice.

Op here.


I have been doing that! But she was hoping I wasn't serious, she told me.

Yesterday I told her what my last day would be this spring. I haven't turned in.my letter yet though to HR.

I have a list of ideas of how she can piecemeal out my work to others. It's too much of a load for her to do it all herself

My old company got bought out by a major company with very generous severance and accelerated vesting of stock grants and payout.

A senior women in Legal husnand’s got a really bog job offer in another state. She gave 4 weeks notice.

We got bought out a week later. No one who had already tendered resignation eligible for severance. She got zero. I was her level and got $450,000. Her boss got 3 million.

She was out almost $500,000 because she gave a month notice.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have a pension, I wouldn’t give notice one second before you’re fully vested.

I am fully vested.

Waiting until 65 for the Medicare.

If you are OP, I would give a hint like “You know, I am coming up on Medicare eligibility” 2-3 months out and then a month of legit written notice.

Anonymous wrote:If you have a pension, I wouldn’t give notice one second before you’re fully vested.

This!!!

I would give notice based on your ability to live on their minum and your maximum desire. Assume worst case scenario: they terminate you immediately upon notice and escort you from the building -- have you fully vested, can you live with no further pay or beneifts? Assume best case scenario, they keep you around for as long as you want.

So, give notice when you are financially ready for this to be the very last day, and on that day give a retiement date that is the maximum you are willing to continue working.

If that maximum date comes, and they claim to need you longer, negotiate a consulting contract at more than you are making now, with retention bonuses built in, with an easy no penalty exit clause for you.

Wjat kind of places are you all working at where you cannot have a conversation with your boss about your future? I wouldn't be working at a place that treated employees like that.

Yes but your severance would last longer if your retirement date is later.

Anonymous wrote:I would only give as much notice as I wouldn’t care if they asked me to leave right then and there.

It’s us employees against a working world machine that is not on the employee’s side, by and large. Too much of the power is in the company’s hands. Live your work life accordingly.

My contract details I would get 1 week for each year I have been with the company. That would take me past my planned last day even if I am shown the door tomorrow.

I would only give as much notice as I wouldn’t care if they asked me to leave right then and there.

It’s us employees against a working world machine that is not on the employee’s side, by and large. Too much of the power is in the company’s hands. Live your work life accordingly.