Letter Retirement Sample and Other Retirement Resources

Many people, when facing retirement need some assistance in preparing a retirement letter. These are a few tips on what to say and how to say it. A letter of retirement can be a sentimental experience in that you are leaving a place that you have called "second home" for many years. You have instilled a lot of yourself into that job and have become friends with many co-workers. All this will be missed. On the contrary it is also a happy time-more family time.

A person, when composing a retirement letter, should put bad times at the company out of his mind and dwell on all the good times. Also take into consideration how much you have grown since the first day you came to the company. Express these points in your retirement letter.

Remember that it is impolite to dwell on one person in your retirement letter content. Be mindful and respectful of other people's feelings when you are writing your letter of retirement-no insinuations or puns toward anyone. Leaving your co-workers with a bad feeling about themselves because you have insulted them is so low-classed.

Be certain to notify your employer of your expected departure from the company at least six weeks prior to your leaving. Even if your announcement is verbal, you still need to prepare an actual retirement letter to submit. Submit your letter of retirement to your Human Resources division and make sure to speak with them about any procedures or papers that need to be filled out regarding your retirement.

When formatting your retirement letter, follow this standard procedure: Type in the date of submission. Leave four blank line spaces then enter your employer information in this particular order-Supervisor's name, Supervisor's title, Name of the company, Company address, and City, state, and zip code of the company. The next information in the letter should be your subject line. For example: RE: Retirement Letter from (Your Name, Your Title), next comes the salutation: Dear Mr. or Mrs. Supervisor.

In the first paragraph of the letter, explain the purpose of the letter and what date you are departing from the company.

In the next section (second paragraph) , speak kindly about have gained by working for this fantastic company.

In the third paragraph you should offer your assistance in getting your successor ready for the position. After all, you have years of know-how concerning this position. Always sound eager and willing to help with the change about to take place because of your retiring.

Depending upon your intentions upon retirement, you may want your fourth paragraph to be used for requesting work under contract outside the company.

The final section of the body of your retirement should be brief. This is the time when you extend thanks to your managers and supervisors and also to your fellow associates. You basically should thank them for the assistance they have given you during your years at the company.

You should close your letter with the appropriate closing such as: Respectfully or sincerely yours. Leave four blank spaces between the closing and your typed name. Write your signature between the closing and your typed name.

It is also a considered proper when submitting your retirement letter to leave your company with personal information in case they need to contact you. Leave your name, your E mail address, your phone number (if you desire), and you designation.

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Retirement letters-believe it or not, there are some general rules of thumb about how to write them, when to turn them in, etc. While the rules are not hard and fast, they are a general guideline.

First, give your employer plenty of warning-the absolute minimum being six weeks. If you work in the white collar world, such as in high finance or academia, trying to find a replacement for you quickly will be difficult at best. Six weeks at the minimum will give the employer time to at least start trying to find someone to take your place, and try to train them somewhat.

While the employer may very well be aware of your retirement that is fast approaching, or may have even reminded you of it, you still need to turn it in. It is professional courtesy for an employer, and as you will find out later on, something that may help you in the long run.

When writing the letter, stating the date that you are going to retire is an absolute must so that there is no confusion. This also helps out with disbursal of any benefits that you are due from that company-401K, pensions and whatever else you may have.

Take the time to thank your employer for the years of employment-even if you hated it there, at least you had a job. Include any supervisors and coworkers for things that they have done during your career-and tell them what they meant to you.

Make the effort to ensure that the changeover is a painless as possible for your former company. Give your word that you will take the time to meet with your replacement, and whatever else may be needed to help ease the transition.

Should you want to offer up any part-time consulting services, this would be the perfect time to make your feelings known about that. It is not unusual for retirees to keep working part time, usually as an independent contractor. Hey, it is a possible way to have some type of retirement income, and you would actually know what you were doing.

While some letters go on for what seems ever and ever, you must remember to cover the very basics. You may also send retirement letters to clients as well as coworkers, if you so desire.

Truthfully, retirement letters are a good way to open up new opportunities, and close out your old career. Hopefully, you can begin a new career, too, as a result of the new opportunities because of your retirement letter. Look towards the future in your retirement letter-and offer that thought, along with well wishes, to everyone that you thank, as well.

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Hi Ernie,

I am a Therapist and a Life/Retirement Coach certified by Coach U and Retirement Options. I received your email referencing your books and quotes. My stepson gave my husband and me both How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free and The Joy of Not Working for Christmas. We are in the process of reading them and they are great.

I want to thank you for contributing to the challenging yet exciting life transition to retirement. So much has been written about how to prepare financially but so little has been written about the social, emotional, and lifestyle aspects of retirement. Hopefully, we will have a more fulfilling retirement than some of our parents did. These kinds of resources begin to stimulate thoughts and discussions between individuals and couples.

I would love to talk with you about your work. I couldn't find a reference to your website unless I missed it on your email. Please let me know if you might be available for a short conversation. I would really appreciate it.

Sincerely,
Dee Cascio, LPC, LMFT
Certified Life and Retirement Coach

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I received the following e-mail from Terri in Colorado in April 2008:

Re: The Joy of Not Working

Ernie,

Thank you so much for your great book. I plan to check out the others now that I have finally finished this one. Almost a year ago, I left my job of eight years with a start-up company for which I was one of the first employees hired. By the time I left, I had been running the place for two years, and taken on a great deal of stress in the process. A cancer diagnosis at age 36 was just the wake-up call I needed to find a new life path.

I took the summer off, camped with friends, guided four whitewater canoe trips (I have been doing this weekend warrior job for five years now), took a five-day sea kayaking trip around the San Juan Islands, visited friends and family around the country, went to Alaska with four friends to celebrate my cancerversary, and took five weeks to drive up the Pacific Coast Highway. It was at a weekend retreat at a wonderful place called the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, that I came across your book about 8 month ago.

After my summer off, I started a non-profit which I have been running for just over six months. I work from home, feel a real passion for what I am doing, am managing to pay the bills on about half what I was making last year, and my life is much happier in many ways. There are many adjustments to working from home - I miss being around people as I am a big-time extrovert - so trying to do more to spend time with friends.

About two years ago, I got rid of my tv, and for the past almost year, I have pledged myself to not buy anything new (anything I need I can get used or borrow), and I'm happy to report that the quality of my life has not suffered from either of these decisions. In fact, just the opposite. I still watch some tv online or on DVD on my laptop - but watch only what I want, when I want, and much better quality programs.

I am one of those people who has always wanted to write a book, and I have always been an avid writer. For a year now, I have been writing a monthly online column about the experience of dealing with cancer as a single person (www.divinecaroline.com and search on my full name if you are interested - the column is called A Single Cell). It has been hugely fulfilling for me, and seems to be impacting others as well. I recently started two blogs as well. Even though I am writing for free at this point, I hope to find a way to make a living at writing sometime in the near future.

Even though I was already on my path when I discovered your book, it has offered me great encouragement that it is indeed a valid path, and I have recommended it to many other people. Thanks for the inspiration and the good advice. I wish you the best.

P.S. I am going to blog about The Joy of Not Working and this philosophy of life soon.

Terri

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Not so long ago, Melanie Martin of Medicine Hat, Alberta, wrote to me about how others don't agree with how she and her husband manage their lives.

Dear Ernie,

Thank you for writing your wonderful book The Joy of Not Working.







It was amazing for me to read a book that reflected exactly how I think and feel about things. I didn't know people like you existed (aside from my husband and I, and we both always felt that we were odd). We've received nothing but criticism and negativity from people our entire six years of marriage and now I understand why; because we are so happy and people can't handle it.

We married at twenty-one, and the life that followed was: a lay-off, then a move from Victoria, B.C., to Campbell River, B.C., for a job that fell through two months into it, another major move to Calgary, Alberta, where we were unemployed for another six months and homeless. Then I became very ill (but undiagnosed), husband got a great job for $45,000 a year, almost had a nervous breakdown as had no life outside of work and was treated horribly, he quit that job, came out to Medicine Hat, homeless for another month, jobless for almost a year, then I became severely ill and finally after long months of suffering was diagnosed with celiac disease (what a relief!).

My husband found a great job at $50,000 a year. And after all this, that's the icing on the cake as we're happy to be healthy and still in love. We receive tons of criticism from our friends and families back in B.C. But while they're complaining about the cost of living, etc., they are oblivious to the paradise in which they live-Victoria, B.C.

Come on people! We are here in Alberta, watching the flat land, and the grass grow, and loving every minute. Inner peace is what it's all about. I feel blessed we've learned so much, so fast, so young. Failure. Failure. Failure, Failure, Success! (How exciting!)

By the way, my favorite pastimes are being by myself, coffee shops with my husband, reading, writing letters, and attempting books. Did your book ever make me feel good about myself! Everyone else judges me harshly for not working and not following "the norm." I'm happy. They're not.

P.S. I left out 50% of the crap we went through-figured you'd get the general idea and the past is the past. So don't run away. No negativity here.

Sincerely,

Melanie Martin

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Job-sharing allowed Shirley Campbell of North York, Ontario to become
semi-retired. She was looking forward, however, to full-time retirement
and wrote to me to inform how she planned to spend her time.

Dear Ernie:

I enjoyed your book The Joy of Not Working: A Book for the Retired, Unemployed, and Overworked very much and it came along at the right time.







It belongs to a friend who is a workaholic. I am retiring in March
- sorry I mean I plan to spend more time in self-realization/actualization.
I will be 65 in March and my boss doesn't want me to quit and, in
fact, was being very successful in making me feel guilty about it
to the point where I was having second thoughts - but not anymore.

There are so many things that I want/enjoy doing. At the present I
am job-sharing so only work 3 days a week. But how much better (it
will be) not to work at all. No way do I want to sit in front of a
computer for the rest of my life typing pathology reports.

My friend - the workaholic - said, "What are you going to do all day
- lay on the couch and watch movies?" and I said, "No, I'll get up
every once in awhile for a snack."

Seriously, I am going skiing in Banff in March with my grandson. I
like to cook, bake, entertain, travel and sew, so I do not believe
I'll have a problem with too much leisure time. No - I am not going
to keep going back to the tunnel where there is no cheese - good analogy
since I love cheese. Anyway, thanks so much.

Sincerely,

Shirley Campbell

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