Post by josie on Nov 11, 2024 9:44:26 GMT
TM, such a cutie!
I never thought I’d want to retire but Covid increased my workload and a new unsympathetic boss meant that suddenly I wasn’t enjoying work. I took a month’s unpaid leave as I was almost burnt out and then decided to retire. (Boss: ‘oh, I thought you’d ask to work part time.’ I just stopped myself retorting that he’d still expect the same amount of work to be done!) I have never looked back. I took to retirement like a duck to water, and that’s without a beautiful grandchild to play with!
My DB said to me, why don't you go part time - err, no thanks. I felt similarly I'd be expected to do the same amount of work in a shorter week but more importantly we wanted to travel more and if you're part time you still only get 6 weeks holiday even if you can eke it out a bit with TOIL and having just had a month in Greece and Turkiye we couldn't have done that if I'd still been working.
Also as Mrs Mac rightly says you can go whenever without having to fit in around anyone or book time off, plus it's cheaper to go midweek - we're flying Thurs to Thurs this week and it's way cheaper than a weekend
