I assume all of us either currently work with (or have worked with) people that are retirement age that refuse to retire.

I have one co-worker that is the devil's spawn. He is a 65 year old man. He has been with our company for over 20 years and refuses to retire. I have only worked with him for 2 years and he annoys the hell out of me.

At first I thought it was me, but now I see that it's not just me. I have spoken to several people that have worked with him for many years. None of them have good things to say about him. They all say that he is Satan's spawn and is very unpleasant to work with. My manager really can't do anything about the guy because he likes him and he is retirement age.

I know the guy can afford to retire for sure. The company we work for has an ESOP program (where the employees acquire a portion of the company's profits). Many people that work here about 20 years tend to retire millionaires. I work with several people that have EXTREMELY NICE houses and VERY NICE cars that were either paid with cash or paid off in a few years (thanks to the ESOP program).

My question to you guys is would you retire if you had the years and financial ability to? Or, would you continue to work and collect a paycheck even after age 65?

"My question to you guys is would you retire if you had the years and financial ability to? Or, would you continue to work and collect a paycheck even after age 65?"

Oh heck yes, I would retire, in a heartbeat. I would not even have to think about it.

I would retire!!! Enjoy life!!! We have some workers who have died they stayed that long and could not afford to retire, which is sad. Alot of them are in debt up to their ears!!!

Alot of the older workers tend to be crabby and nasty just to make ur life a living hell at work!!

if i could retire today i sure would. i am not going to waste one millisecond retiring just as soon as i am able.

i think people who won't retire are (obviously) from another generation, and they look at employment and having a work routine in a different way. they need to get over it and buy the damn winnebago already.

There's a lady at my work who is so old, she pisses herself. Her chair smells so pissy and god help ya if you have to use the toilet after her. The toilet seat smells like dill pickles and feet. She needs to retire but she lives alone and has recently had knee surgery. She feels she's not in the position financially to retire. However she is in the position to go to the casino every weekend but I guess that's neither here nor there. Retiring is scary because most people live on such a fixed income that they're afraid they won't be able to afford the "what ifs" in life. Unfortunately, I don't think it's going to get any better by the time I reach retirement age, whenever that might end up being.

I don't imagine I'll ever be able to afford to retire.

But if I could, I'd retire NOW.

daPrettyman said:

I'm counting the minutes and seconds until I hit 20 years of military service...then I'm out as fast as they'll let me go....the only problem is that, unlike your reluctant retiree, the Army can refuse my application for retirement and keep me on duty (at my soon to be rank) until 2019...which would make me a ripe 52....and on active duty, a 52 year old dude is the equivalent of your co-worker...

I'm and that this doesn't happen to me....

Jobs suck.

How many people make their money doing what they love?

RintrahRoars said:

I don't necessarily agree with all of the politics, but I love what I do....this is really the only job I've had that I've enjoyed AND succeeded...

I would rather retire and enjoy my golden years rather than work till I drop. It's better to retire while your health and mobility are good to go on trips and stuff before the health fails or winding up in a wheel chair in bad health.

Maybe they don't want to retire because they won't have anything to do,
I feel sorry for some that don't know what to do with themselves because all they ever did was dedicate themselves to their work.

my father in law had an injury at work, otherwise he would probably rather still work than stay at home with my mother in law all day and he's 68.

Plan to be retired at 45.....8 to go

ImAKawak said:

My coworker CAN afford to retire. He should be a millionaire just from his ESOP alone. I know he has a family. His wife is retired, also. I've heard him mention that he doesn't have a house note nor does he have a car note. This man JUST WON'T GO!!!

daPrettyman said:

MAybe he just WANTS to work.

mdiver said:

I think that is it. He doesn't work "hard" (we work in a sign shop). Besides the "wanting" to work, I think he enjoys his paychecks. He gets LOTS of overtime. I'm sure he makes between $18 - $25 per hour and gets between 12 to 25 hours of overtime. He is not an extravagant spender at all, so I know he is saving his money.

My biggest problem with him is that he is so damn bitter and treats the majority of people like sh!t. That is the main reason I say he needs to retire. That way he won't be so bitter (hopefully).

That is how my father had gotten before he retired. He was soooo bitter and hateful. When he retired, he mellowed out and became a pretty cool person to be with.

daPrettyman said:

Maybe punch him

mdiver said:

Sometimes I want 2. I try to respect my elders, though.

daPrettyman said:

Fair point, try a wedgie then

mdiver said:

You could always try pranks to get them to leave.... I recall this time that a bunch of young troops couldn't stand their grizzled old first sergeant....and truthfully, he shouldn't have stayed in as long as he did...dude was fat....couldn't run or do physical training very well....and just looked sloppy as hell in his uniform (when we still wore the wash, press, and heavily starched uni's with spit shined boots)...on top of that, no one respected him in the least....we used to say...errr, I mean THEY used to say that he couldn't lead a grape to a fruitstand....

ANYway....those young troops gave that dude the dogs life until he just up and dropped his retirement paperwork, requesting IMMEDIATE release from duty (he had 24 years in at that point...)...of course, karma dictated that the next guy that came to the unit was some 36 year old super-trooper who returned the dogs life in spades to those smart assed young troops....

reneGade20 said:

Busted...

mdiver said:

huh?? wha?? who, me??

aww i love the elder workers. you guys leave them be

lots of them are afraid of retirement coz it'll make them feel useless, esp. after all those years of service.

daPrettyman said:

see my mom curses the hour my dad retired, or to quote her: "i'm even prepared to see his face in the Goddamn fridge"

mdiver said:

PricelessHo said:

PricelessHo said:

Don't get me wrong, I have lots of co-workers that are much older than myself, and they are cool. This guy is just HELL to work with. At first, I thought it was just me that he annoyed, but NO ONE likes this guy.

What makes you think he can afford to retire? Do you have any idea how the value of peoples' retirement savings has dropped in the last six months? It might just be that he isn't any happier about being at work than you are about his being there - but he's unable to retire because his savings aren't what they were.

And where is it written that people have to retire? Are you under the impression that peoples' ability to make a contribution in the workplace ends at some arbitrary age?

I hope someone's around to inform you how worthless you are when you turn 65 - if not sooner.