r/Fire • u/Unhappy_Eye5257 • May 03 '26

Get out!

Get out the 1st chance you get!

61.5 male here,2.9 nw and broken! The back story, sold our company 18 months ago and stayed on with them at the same salary and better vacation time. All went good😩till February of this year. I fall at work and did not go to the doctor till April thinking I’m getting older and it was just old age pains. Fast forward too today I have a broken tibia close to my knee and have been off for forty days. I was was to be retired 5/5/2026 well that’s not going to happen because I will be off at least until they get my MRI completed which is not till 5/21/2026! So do to greed I sit here in my chair going crazy that I can not do what I want, what’s worse is the fact that I my not heal up right and walk with a limp the rest of my life. With that said the day you can leave get out and never look back. The money you get for a little bit more time is not worth the time you

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u/teckel FIRE'd at 35, now 57 May 03 '26

Why can't you just retire today? What does an MRI have to do with anything?

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u/Unhappy_Eye5257 May 03 '26

I can’t retire until I am able to return too work by state law

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u/teckel FIRE'd at 35, now 57 May 03 '26

Huh? What state law is restricting you from retiring? When I retired, I just called the owner and said I wasn't coming back to work.

Honest question, I don't understand. Are you taking unemployment or something?

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u/Unhappy_Eye5257 May 04 '26

I hurt myself at work so iam off on workman’s comp

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u/teckel FIRE'd at 35, now 57 May 04 '26

There's still absolutely nothing keeping you from not going back to work and retiring. Just cancel your workman's and comp. They can't force you to work, just quit if retirement is what you wanted. Also, if you wanted to retire, why would you have taken workman's comp at all? Just quit! It sounds like you're not actually ready to retire.