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<blockquote data-quote="BrownBlue" data-source="post: 692853" data-attributes="member: 19161"><p>So, just to reply to the original question. The reason for a pension is to stop working. Hence retirement, is retirement from working. We are lucky to have such an option, many Americans do not. So unless you get into some bad spending habits, or divorces, or other extremely costly things, a UPS driver making the money we do, without paying for nearly any of our benefits, should retire quite comfortably. I thank god every chance I get that I chose to go brown instead of purple back when I did. I never see any Ground guys last more than a couple years before being arrested, seriously injured, quit or get fired (and yes that includes the so-called contractors), and the poor express people, while about half i've met seem friendly, they never seem to retire, no matter how old they are. Guy that I see most is like 80, says he can't retire because he can't afford it. I feel bad for him, but he is a total grump, so tough tities. So no I plan to retire at 52 and never work another day, except volunteering. I'm blessed to be a union member. And yes sometimes I hear union doesn't do this, doesn't do that for my dues, but hell look at how we are compensated compared to others in the industry. It's not perfect, but it's a lot better than the alternative. Boy that went long.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrownBlue, post: 692853, member: 19161"] So, just to reply to the original question. The reason for a pension is to stop working. Hence retirement, is retirement from working. We are lucky to have such an option, many Americans do not. So unless you get into some bad spending habits, or divorces, or other extremely costly things, a UPS driver making the money we do, without paying for nearly any of our benefits, should retire quite comfortably. I thank god every chance I get that I chose to go brown instead of purple back when I did. I never see any Ground guys last more than a couple years before being arrested, seriously injured, quit or get fired (and yes that includes the so-called contractors), and the poor express people, while about half i've met seem friendly, they never seem to retire, no matter how old they are. Guy that I see most is like 80, says he can't retire because he can't afford it. I feel bad for him, but he is a total grump, so tough tities. So no I plan to retire at 52 and never work another day, except volunteering. I'm blessed to be a union member. And yes sometimes I hear union doesn't do this, doesn't do that for my dues, but hell look at how we are compensated compared to others in the industry. It's not perfect, but it's a lot better than the alternative. Boy that went long. [/QUOTE]
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