So, I am able to retire. I was hoping for a severance package. I came into the meeting expecting to get the full severance option and they offered me a new job with increase responsibility, more pay but at the same band level. Do we have any move but to take the job? I took it since I didn't want to play my hand. I am extremely curious if you have another option.
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You will see a lot of people retire early in the year. They wait for a chance of a package and for their bonus.
The company probably caught onto this. When we closed a few plants I saw the manager planning. They did a full review of all managers determining who to keep, who they thought would move, etc. I would more than bet this is done with all package offers. They probably evaluate people that look like they will leave or retire on their own and not offer them a package unless they have to. They assume a certain amount of "fallout" - extra losses.
Additionally they have already paid the big retirement hit for when you turned 55. I am betting you are in no man's land
Yep, sit back take the money and leave on your own terms. I did it and it meant I got to leave Pepsi as a poised to then screwing my life up
Wait another two years