I personally wouldn't have telegraphed those intentions this early. As a people manager, I would be reserving any pay increases for the staff that stays. Plus if there are any RIF activities you would be first on the list regardless of whether or not you are their number 1 player.
What if you change your mind? Your employer will have that lingering thought in their minds that you could be a short timer. At my place we cant refill a position until its been vacated, no overlaps. Just my opinion. ________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Mark Jacobs <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2025 2:05:01 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Future retirement plans Last week I told my current employer that my plans are to retire sometime in the 1st quarter 2026. Date TBD. They thanked me for the heads-up. It'll be interesting to see whether they'll replace me with a person of like experience, or a person with about 5-10 years experience, or anyone at all. Mark Jacobs Sent from [ProtonMail](https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://protonmail.com__;!!MwwqYLOC6b6whF7V!n-Bq4QKCV8O2irkconiDSLEDmXtI6pjnXem3BmCWc_qFVWtKUtP8kVgEuiNUQIYM1ToAREHb4dOSYcEzF0zhF93Z4dVUXbMNY7c$), Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&[email protected]__;!!MwwqYLOC6b6whF7V!n-Bq4QKCV8O2irkconiDSLEDmXtI6pjnXem3BmCWc_qFVWtKUtP8kVgEuiNUQIYM1ToAREHb4dOSYcEzF0zhF93Z4dVUqXDBcBI$ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
