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When you retired what was your final day like?
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<blockquote data-quote="Darmark7" data-source="post: 5238003" data-attributes="member: 83127"><p>I started when I was 18. I did part time for 6 yrs. Went to full time driver at 24. My goal was to make it till I was 55 for the insurance. When I got to 55 I still had some doubts about retiring so I went day by day until one day when I was 57 I woke up and was 100% sure I never wanted to do any part of this job again. I then started the process online and never told a supervisor. I told the drivers I wanted to know and word got out to a few more drivers but most didn’t have a clue I was retiring. A few weeks before I retired I got a call on the way in to work and my supervisor asked me if what he heard was true? I said “it depends on what you heard” then I told him yes I’m retiring and I don’t want any recognition or to even mention I’m leaving. He ask if he could mention it to at least our group of drivers (we had 4 groups with 4 different supervisors) I said no. He did as I asked.</p><p> No one belittled me. I actually got a lot of respect from everyone. There was no one there that I had any problems with. That is probably because I came in did my job and went home. No hanging around and shop talking about UPS. Never sitting in the office talking with supervision off the clock. I flew Under the radar. I remember a few years before I retired I once told a supervisor on a safety ride that my goal was to walk out of that place and people not even know I ever worked there. He responded with “You are doing a good job of that”</p><p></p><p>PS. I was asked if I wanted a retirement party from family and friends and I said “My retirement party starts the day I retire and last until the day I die. That’s all the party I need”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darmark7, post: 5238003, member: 83127"] I started when I was 18. I did part time for 6 yrs. Went to full time driver at 24. My goal was to make it till I was 55 for the insurance. When I got to 55 I still had some doubts about retiring so I went day by day until one day when I was 57 I woke up and was 100% sure I never wanted to do any part of this job again. I then started the process online and never told a supervisor. I told the drivers I wanted to know and word got out to a few more drivers but most didn’t have a clue I was retiring. A few weeks before I retired I got a call on the way in to work and my supervisor asked me if what he heard was true? I said “it depends on what you heard” then I told him yes I’m retiring and I don’t want any recognition or to even mention I’m leaving. He ask if he could mention it to at least our group of drivers (we had 4 groups with 4 different supervisors) I said no. He did as I asked. No one belittled me. I actually got a lot of respect from everyone. There was no one there that I had any problems with. That is probably because I came in did my job and went home. No hanging around and shop talking about UPS. Never sitting in the office talking with supervision off the clock. I flew Under the radar. I remember a few years before I retired I once told a supervisor on a safety ride that my goal was to walk out of that place and people not even know I ever worked there. He responded with “You are doing a good job of that” PS. I was asked if I wanted a retirement party from family and friends and I said “My retirement party starts the day I retire and last until the day I die. That’s all the party I need” [/QUOTE]
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