When do you intend to retire?

[Clare@InTouch]

Yet you ended up an accountant.

I did mean more enjoying my free time than my office time! Although I'm quite a geek when it comes to tax law, so books make me oddly happy too.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

I did mean more enjoying my free time than my office time! Although I'm quite a geek when it comes to tax law, so books make me oddly happy too.

This is how happy work makes me:


This is how happy the money makes me at the end of the month:

[d000hg]

Looking to fill SASguru's shoes?

Only if they're thoroughly disinfected first.

[xoggoth]

After invoicing I trust?

If he's going to die at his desk he really should be paying his invoices into a trust.

[KentPhilip]

Everyone says they'll retire at 40 etc, but nobody does. The lure of the money and the game is too strong

[PurpleGorilla]

I CBA with a massive push to retire early. I'm currently contracting full-time but I have worked a lot of 2 to 4 day per week contracts over the last few years, to spend time with the kids while they're still tiny. You don't get those days back when you retire. And I don't fancy a heart attack or stroke, either.

You must be on a sweet sweet rate to be able to do this...!

[speling bee]

You must be on a sweet sweet rate to be able to do this...!

If you have low outgoings it is manageable on a good but not massive rate.

[mudskipper]

If you have low outgoings it is manageable on a good but not massive rate.

WHS. Working 2-3 days a week will probably give you the same take home as a permie in an equivalent role (after you've got your warchest sorted, and stay in contract pretty much all year)

[Archangel]

I was planning to retire at 55, I'm 52 now, but have 2 kids under 6, so I'll probably still be working at 70! But I've got a couple of staff who do most of the work, so I basically just turn up and chat to the customers, I could do that until 70 if I'm still healthy. What would you do all day if you did retire?

[speling bee]

I was planning to retire at 55, I'm 52 now, but have 2 kids under 6, so I'll probably still be working at 70! But I've got a couple of staff who do most of the work, so I basically just turn up and chat to the customers, I could do that until 70 if I'm still healthy. What would you do all day if you did retire?

Gosh. With a whole world of opportunities, how could anyone fill their time if they weren't working? Although fair enough if work's what you want to do.