Left the ranks of the unemployed - NGZ

[atavar]

Four months now after I retired from my job in North Dakota and moved to Sioux Falls I got tired of sitting around the house and riding the Norge every day (OK, a tiny GC), so Friday night I filled out a couple of job applications. Monday morning got a call, had an interview today and accepted a job.  This reaffirms my belief that there are jobs out there for those that want to work.

My last job was as Systems Administrator, commonly ran 60-80 hours/week, and had one week a month of 24/7 on-call.  I desperately did not want another job that consumed that much of my life.  I admit that six figures on the W2 is nice, but it is certainly not worth it.

My new job will be telephone tech support, no weekends, no on-call and the folks there show up to work in shorts and sandals.  On the tour of the facility pretty much everyone was smiling.  Granted the pay will be a fourth of what I made before, but on top of the pension from my last job it should be very livable.

At least I will be able to continue feeding and clothing the Norge  which will be my daily commuter as well as my weekend getaway.

For those of you currently job hunting hang in there.  There is hope even for us geezers.

[flip]

Congratulations on the new job.

[sib]

Now that you have a job, how are you going to get anything done?

[Spuddy]

EXCELSIOR!

Spud

[rocker59]

I would never grow bored of being retired.

I have too much to do outside of work, and would love to walk out of this office one day and never return.

 

[atavar]

Now that you have a job, how are you going to get anything done?

I know, right?  I didn't have enough time to get stuff done when I wasn't working.  I was amazed at how many chores popped up to fill my time when I wasn't working.
This four months was a revelation.  It was the longest I had been unemployed since I was in high school five decades ago. 

[charlie b]

When you are working you don't have enough time to do what you want.

When you retire you don't have enough money to do what you want.

[Arizona Wayne]

My father never really retired.  He was that kind of guy.

I've been retired 17 years(disability) and REALLY like it.  But if I didn't have MC/scooters to work on I'd get bored.  But working part time would be OK too except I can't even do that now.  So to each their own happiness. 

[nunzio]

When you are working you don't have enough time to do what you want.

When you retire you don't have enough money to do what you want.

My wife says:

"Half the income, twice the husband" !!

[Arizona Wayne]

My wife says:

"Half the income, twice the husband" !!

Some wives say, "OMG, don't know how long I can take him being around 24/7! 

[John Ulrich]

Congratulations Kevin.
Great to hear a new taxpayer is coming on board!   

[canuguzzi]

You realize that had you made it over the hump and stayed retired a bit longer, a D9 dozer couldn't pull you back to another job.

Sometimes it takes a year or more to get used to being retired. Going from being employed to figuring out what comes next isn't as easy as it seems.

[NC Steve]

When you are working you don't have enough time to do what you want.

When you retire you don't have enough money to do what you want.

 

[atavar]

You realize that had you made it over the hump and stayed retired a bit longer, a D9 dozer couldn't pull you back to another job.

Sometimes it takes a year or more to get used to being retired. Going from being employed to figuring out what comes next isn't as easy as it seems.

In my case I retired at the first possible moment, so all I have is really a mini-pension.  My 401 paid off all my debt, and I have two years until SS kicks in so I do need a bit of income at least until that happens. At that time my pension from Boeing will kick in too, so life will be pretty good then.