brownmonster
Man of Great Wisdom
The founding fathers of that local got it right. Especially choosing not to join the CSPF.
Same Drivers Going Home
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trickpony1
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He's in for a BIG surprise at retirement time.
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
If his pension was fully funded for the year his Healthcare would be also.
Rack em
Made the Podium
He is probably a driver who can retire at anytime but chooses to keep working for the insurance.
we had a guy that had worked 1 day a week for a bit.... he couldn't afford his cancer treatments and his mgt team worked with him during his chemo treatment days so he could get his nausea meds
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
Nope------two separate funds.
Back first
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Unti
until you want to retire and learn you don't have as much time as you thought towards retirement.
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
One day a month is all I have to work here.
I have gotten 12 months pension credit every year I've worked. We get a statement every year.
Faceplanted
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Just think if you guys who take all these dead days worked every day. An extra 20k a year for 10 years invested into real estate that has been steady at 5-10% yearly return, or the s&p 500 which is just about the same would have you retiring much earlier. Compounding interest works magic.
Even if you simply saved that 200k, in 10 years you could buy a house cash, and every month have 13-1500 of free income.
But I guess lots of guys wanna keep working in their late 60s.
Even if you simply saved that 200k, in 10 years you could buy a house cash, and every month have 13-1500 of free income.
But I guess lots of guys wanna keep working in their late 60s.
WorknLateHuh
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I would rather take lots of mini vacations and enjoy life now when im young and very active as opposed to hoarding money for when i retire at 55 with a body thats breaking down and wiped out.
i take lots of dead days... i dont have a fancy car, i dont want a fancy house, and i dont desire expensive things. i live a conservative lifestyle. i dont care about having boatloads of money when i retire. My time is more important to me
Faceplanted
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Understandable
Imho for people in that mind set there are lots of places better to work than ups.
Also idk what your talking about mini vacations, in my center dead days are usually only given the day of. We can't pick and choose dead days in advanced. Only the "safety snitches" get to do that and that is rare.
Believe it or not, if your smart and can figure out health care, it's easy to retire from here in your early 40s if you start driving in your early 20s.
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UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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I made $73K this year and took ZERO dead days.
MyTripisCut
Never bought my own handtruck
Amazing. I only worked about 6 full weeks and made 71K.
