My brother in law may be forced to retire
By snowy
@snowy22315 (169966)
United States
March 13, 2017 8:59am CST
I was talking to my mom yesterday who said that my brother in law may be forced into retirement due to state budget cuts. He is relatively young..under 60, and it comes at kind of a sucky time due to their younger son starting college in the Fall..but he said it might entitle them to a bigger financial aid package. It won't happen until the end of the year, but it seems pretty much like a done deal. He said it will take him that long to get used to the idea. I always thought he and my sister might be able to do some sort of environmental consulting business as they are in the same sort of field, and her job isn't very secure at this point either, but time will tell.
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@snowy22315 (169966)
• United States
13 Mar 17
I think they will make the best of a bad situation.
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@DianneN (246838)
• United States
13 Mar 17
@snowy22315 I hope so. They have the right attitude, too.
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@snowy22315 (169966)
• United States
13 Mar 17
Well all the states are pretty cash strapped to the best of my knowledge.
@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
13 Mar 17
I retired earlier than I had expected due to the company I worked for closed. It was a shock but now I'm happy and I hope your brother in law manages if he gets to take early retirement. Seems as if things like this are always at the worst times
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@snowy22315 (169966)
• United States
13 Mar 17
I am sure they have money tucked away and will be OK no matter what but being socked wit those tuition bills will take a toll.
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
13 Mar 17
It's hard when it isn't a choice we have made.
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@snowy22315 (169966)
• United States
13 Mar 17
Yeah I mean he will have a decent pension, but I know he wouldn't,t have chosen to retire now.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
14 Mar 17
@snowy22315 He can at least be free to take a lesser salary than he had and perhaps do something he really likes.
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@snowy22315 (169966)
• United States
14 Mar 17
@Jeanniemaries he does lijke irate and is a blackbelt. Mmatpybe he could teach some classes.
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