Retired
I took a buy-out but also was pension eligible. It was that, or relocate again. My job was restructured and the person who replaced me was hired off the street, knowing little about the business. He didn't know me and likely didn't care to. He was gone in a year.
Some of my former staff would contact me on occasion with questions; even asking me to come in as a consultant. Which was nice.
I don't suppose the current generation of professional employees will enjoy the sort of retirement that many of us do. Pensions are gone. Health benefits come from the marketplace, if you can afford them. Employer loyalty is quite thin. And corporate CEOs are getting millions a year with millions more when they screw up and are replaced.
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