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Retirement


Thank you again for all the advice ,I just need a recommendation of a good F.A in the Sunderland area just to get their opinion before I go ahead
 
Anyone recommend a good I.F.A or Pension advisor in the Sunderland area ?.Got tommorow off so i could ring up and arrange a chat/appointment.
 
archiesdad said:
2 weeks in and I'm starting to get used to it. Still get up early but the stress levels are almost gone. Joined a gym, started running again and enjoying going to the pub😀
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A few year ago I was in my local and around 11:30am, a few of the retired bloke in the area start to wander in, have a swift pint and a bit of a natter and then head off again. A few had shopping bags as if they had promised the wife they would nip down to the shops for her but timed it for a catch up with other retirees and a beer.

Something I can aspire too.
 
DaveH said:
:D tempting.

My manager in a former job suggested that when people are on leave, we should put a block in place where they can not receive emails, because you lose the first morning after being away, just ploughing through it all.

Though he never used to respond to half the mails sent while he was there anyway.
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I worked for a company where if you were off on any kind of planned leave you had to put a OoO auto reply on your email account. One thing I used to do was wack it on from midday on my last working day and I could start deleting (or responding if it was urgent) to cut down on when I came back.
 
Paddy O'Dors said:
I worked for a company where if you were off on any kind of planned leave you had to put a OoO auto reply on your email account. One thing I used to do was wack it on from midday on my last working day and I could start deleting (or responding if it was urgent) to cut down on when I came back.
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I always leave my OoO on for an extra hour or two on the day I return from leave. Gives me a bit of breathing space to catch up on the inbox drivel.
 
Paddy O'Dors said:
I worked for a company where if you were off on any kind of planned leave you had to put a OoO auto reply on your email account. One thing I used to do was wack it on from midday on my last working day and I could start deleting (or responding if it was urgent) to cut down on when I came back.
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I always set that too.

One of my problems being management level is that I'm cc'd into a lot of conversations that I need to be aware of so I generally know what is going on, even if they are not asking me to do anything or respond. Or more often than not, I come back and point out what is obviously stupid in what has been decided in my absence.
 
The Great Soprendo said:
I always leave my OoO on for an extra hour or two on the day I return from leave. Gives me a bit of breathing space to catch up on the inbox drivel.
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That was something I used to dread.
I started to delete the shit the day before I returned back to work thus leaving the stuff I needed to action.
I soon realised that was not the best approach.
DaveH said:
I always set that too.

One of my problems being management level is that I'm cc'd into a lot of conversations that I need to be aware of so I generally know what is going on, even if they are not asking me to do anything or respond. Or more often than not, I come back and point out what is obviously stupid in what has been decided in my absence.
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Delete anything you are cc’d in.
The “I made you aware” brigade should take responsibility and if they need your input send the email to you.
Emails involving over 5 recipients are not effective.
 
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The Great Soprendo said:
I always leave my OoO on for an extra hour or two on the day I return from leave. Gives me a bit of breathing space to catch up on the inbox drivel.
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Yep, I'm always OOO until midday on the first day back. Lets me ease back into the job, catch up on what I've missed, remember what I was working on and it dissuades anyone putting a 9am meeting into your calendar.

It's also better to go way for 2 weeks rather than 1. Take a week off an people will wait until you get back so the work piles up. Take a fortnight off and they will find someone else to do it.
 
Swindon On Tour said:
That was something I used to dread.
I started to delete the shit the day before I returned back to work thus leaving the stuff I needed to action.
I soon realised that was not the best approach.


Delete anything you are cc’d in.
The “I made you aware” brigade should take responsibility and if they need your input send the email to you.
Emails involving over 5 recipients are not effective.
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I set up rules to divert CC messages to a CC folder. I tend to scan it once a week. Majority don't need actioned. It's a pretty effective way of cutting out the crap.

You can set up exceptions, for example not diverting CC emails from my boss or senior stakeholders.

Generic daily/weekly update emails have their own folder, and anything coming into the team distribution list also goes into the CC folder.
 
Darlo1973 said:
Yep, I'm always OOO until midday on the first day back. Lets me ease back into the job, catch up on what I've missed, remember what I was working on and it dissuades anyone putting a 9am meeting into your calendar.

It's also better to go way for 2 weeks rather than 1. Take a week off an people will wait until you get back so the work piles up. Take a fortnight off and they will find someone else to do it.
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One trend I have noticed is booking meetings while you are away, then recording them and expecting people to sit watching the meeting not interacting when you get back. There is no way I'm going to go away for 2 weeks, come back to over 150 emails and have 20 hours of tedious meetings to sit through, just so I'm 'caught up'. That would wipe out my effectiveness for another week or more. If something is that important, someone can brief me. It is not something people even considered as necessary until it became a feature.
 
DaveH said:
One trend I have noticed is booking meetings while you are away, then recording them and expecting people to sit watching the meeting not interacting when you get back. There is no way I'm going to go away for 2 weeks, come back to over 150 emails and have 20 hours of tedious meetings to sit through, just so I'm 'caught up'. That would wipe out my effectiveness for another week or more. If something is that important, someone can brief me. It is not something people even considered as necessary until it became a feature.
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We tend to record most meetings by default (apart from 1:1 chats which you wouldn't want recorded!) as the Copilot summaries can be useful but who on earth has time or inclination to watch them? If someone says "Sorry, I can't make the meeting as I have a clash. Can you record it and I will catch up with it later" then you know they won't. It's also a total waste of storage space.
 
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