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Post by shoocat on Feb 18, 2022 17:57:30 GMT -5
I suppose I should finally say this, but my last day before retiring is March 31st. With my retirement my office will have dropped from 12 judges pre-COVID to 7 now. It is hard to believe that my last 2 years will have been worked at home.
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Post by jagvet on Feb 18, 2022 18:43:22 GMT -5
I suppose I should finally say this, but my last day before retiring is March 31st. With my retirement my office will have dropped from 12 judges pre-COVID to 7 now. It is hard to believe that my last 2 years will have been worked at home. Good luck to you! Thank you for your hard work and wise decisions. We have enjoyed your posts here as well. |
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Post by shoocat on Feb 18, 2022 18:50:06 GMT -5
I suppose I should finally say this, but my last day before retiring is March 31st. With my retirement my office will have dropped from 12 judges pre-COVID to 7 now. It is hard to believe that my last 2 years will have been worked at home. Good luck to you! Thank you for your hard work and wise decisions. We have enjoyed your posts here as well. Thank you so much. It means a lot to be given such a compliment. |
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Post by Thomas fka Lance on Feb 18, 2022 19:04:54 GMT -5
I suppose I should finally say this, but my last day before retiring is March 31st. With my retirement my office will have dropped from 12 judges pre-COVID to 7 now. It is hard to believe that my last 2 years will have been worked at home. Congrats on your retirement. May you enjoy every minute. |
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Feb 18, 2022 19:15:59 GMT -5
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Post by shoocat on Feb 18, 2022 19:15:59 GMT -5
I suppose I should finally say this, but my last day before retiring is March 31st. With my retirement my office will have dropped from 12 judges pre-COVID to 7 now. It is hard to believe that my last 2 years will have been worked at home. Congrats on your retirement. May you enjoy every minute. Thank you so much |
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Post by christina on Feb 18, 2022 22:33:57 GMT -5
Congrats and all the best!
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Post by uboat on Feb 19, 2022 10:27:14 GMT -5
Congratulations! Welcome to the retirement club. I joined the club last April and have loved every minute of it.
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Post by Pixie on Feb 19, 2022 17:52:18 GMT -5
Congratulations on a wise decision. Hope you won't forget about us, but will continue to post. Pixie
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Post by pumpkin on Feb 20, 2022 18:48:36 GMT -5
Congratulations shoocat! May you enjoy your retirement in good health with reasons to laugh joyously each day! |
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Post by foghorn on Feb 21, 2022 16:49:24 GMT -5
All the best. You can view posting as your pro bono effort (or pro bonehead if you prefer)! Enjoy!
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Post by rightspeech on Feb 22, 2022 10:36:15 GMT -5
Congrats :-) I wonder if you have any reflections to offer. Did you enjoy it? How did you like transitioning from advocacy to judging? Did you burn out/how did you power through burn out? How did the agency component change for better or worse? Any regrets, anything you wish you knew when you were hired that you know now; anything you wish you knew at year 3 that you know now?
A celebratory debrief is in order.
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Post by fowlfinder on Feb 22, 2022 11:05:51 GMT -5
Congratulations. Getting to where you are ready and able to hang it up at the same time is an accomplishment by itself, in addition to all the service provided over the years. Congratulations.
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Post by rov on Feb 23, 2022 9:44:10 GMT -5
For those who are looking to retire before age 62 (including myself), you may want to see if you qualify for the FERS Supplemental Annuity. It applies starting at age 57 if you have 30 years of creditable service. It basically bridges the gap until you get social security at age 62.
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Post by hamster on Feb 25, 2022 19:40:20 GMT -5
Congratulations! Retirement is very nice…provided you keep yourself reasonably busy. Have fun!
All the best, Tony
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Post by shoocat on Feb 28, 2022 16:49:20 GMT -5
Congrats :-) I wonder if you have any reflections to offer. Did you enjoy it? How did you like transitioning from advocacy to judging? Did you burn out/how did you power through burn out? How did the agency component change for better or worse? Any regrets, anything you wish you knew when you were hired that you know now; anything you wish you knew at year 3 that you know now? A celebratory debrief is in order. Overall,I enjoyed the experience. It was quite stressful at first, but once I got the swing of it, I enjoyed it. I found that getting 500 was fairly doable, but the expectation of more than that was unreasonable IMHO. Really not much more to say that hasn't been said by many others--size of file differentials, etc. In general though, I thought it was a good way to end a 36 year career. |
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Post by Legal Beagle on Feb 28, 2022 19:06:58 GMT -5
Gongrats! Hope you will hang around her some and share in our misery and give unbiased advice!
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Post by shoocat on Apr 4, 2022 18:00:05 GMT -5
I am now officially retired. First day as a retiree was April 1st. Wonder if it being April Fool's Day has any larger meaning for me given that? LOL
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Post by dshawn on Apr 4, 2022 20:56:13 GMT -5
Congrats! Enjoy.
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Post by shoocat on May 13, 2022 15:51:22 GMT -5
A month and a half into retirement and still feeling good about it. Glad SSA is handling my retirement though as I just got my vacation buyout---it took the ARMY almost 4 months to get my husbands to him.
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