I retired in sept. 2020. Don’t regret it one bit. Didn’t hate the work. Didn’t hate the people. Hated the “have to” part it. Have to do it their way. Do lunch on their schedule. Have to take time off when they allow it. I very much enjoy my downtime and doing things on my schedule.
I probably retired a couple years too soon. After “50,000 emails and voice mails a day” (LOL), I find myself trying to figure out what to do. I swore once I retired I would sleep all day. I wind up getting up at 4am. Ha!
I this at 65 and loving it.
I this year at 65 and loving it.
I retired in Dec 2021. Loving it.
I’m with you. I hated all the office politics everywhere. Hated the insane intense drive to meet quarterly sales goals. Hated incompetent bosses. Hated the electric power industry getting so politicized with execs kissing Green Butt. I literally could not work in the highly woke power industry any more, especially when it used to be run by technically competent people who didn’t have a political bone in their bodies.
I retired about 2016 and don’t regret it one bit. A neighbor retired in his late 50s and took several years off, but is back to doing some consulting gigs. His stress level is back up. I would have a hard time getting back into it.