Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours or workload.
Many people choose to retire when they are elderly or incapable of doing their job due to health reasons. People may also retire when they are eligible for private or public pension benefits, although some are forced to retire when bodily conditions no longer allow the person to work any longer (by illness or accident) or as a result of legislation concerning their positions. In most countries, the idea of retirement is of recent origin, being introduced during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Previously, low life expectancy, lack of social security and the absence of pension arrangements meant that most workers continued to work until their death. Germany was the first country to introduce retirement benefits in 1889.Nowadays, most developed countries have systems to provide pensions on retirement in old age, funded by employers or the state. In many poorer countries, there is no support for the elderly beyond that provided through the family. Today, retirement with a pension is considered a right of the worker in many societies; hard ideological, social, cultural and political battles have been fought over whether this is a right. In many Western countries, this is a right embodied in national constitutions.
An increasing number of individuals are choosing to put off this point of total retirement, by selecting to exist in the emerging state of pre-tirement.
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I lurked for a while and found the topics interesting. I'm a retired electronics technician and the content here is right up my alley. Looking forward to more.
Randolph
My early working years were spent in fluid flow instrumentation, venturi tubes, measurement of flow through vortex shedding etc. Eventually ended up in computers and electronics but now retired, and partly in an effort to keep up with my sons who both did science at university I have a renewed...
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I am a climate change believer and wish to...
I am a retired Tech who needs find better solutions for my everyday projects (my oldest book = CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 52nd edition) . Presently - understanding heat transfer , water vapour mobility , air movement due to Temp and relative humidity. Too many variables , need help.
I'm an old (74) yr old retired ASCP lab tech and Stockbroker/CFP.
Now functioning as a local township trustee.
I won't be that common of a visitor, just when something is different.
I got to this thread: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/complete-set-of-answers-to-schaums-tensor-calculus.346972/ but it is locked, otherwise I would have added to it.
I'm now retired, was a software engineer but I studied maths and physics at University. I'd like to get what might be...
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I am almost 70 years old now, and have retired from formal employment. This was no my decision, but Company policy.
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I have built...
I am a retired Electronics Engineer. BSEE from Iowa State Univ and MSEE from California State Univ-Northridge.
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Hello, I'm a retired professional, electrical engineer now writing and publishing science fiction novels, both with good---seems to me---Kirkus Reviews. My stories are based upon my own speculative (fantasy?) physics, and otherwise hope to be realistic. I need help with details from physics...
I was born in 1954. I live in the Philippines. I'm retired. I have been an avid aerospace/aviation fan since 12. I bought my first telescope at 13. It was a 4.5 inch Newtonian reflector. I saw the Orion Nebulae, the Andromeda galaxy, Jupiter and Saturn pass behind the moon.
I'm a retired technical writer with ME degree and submarine service and glider pilot background. Currently teaching General Physics at a community college in the Western USA.
Once upon a time long, long ago, I was a physicist. More precisely, I received my PhD from the University of North Carolina for my work in Feynman Path Integrals, circa 1970. Subsequently, I became HoD at a South African university in computer science.
I have been retired for some 20 years. I...
I am a retired associate professor from an engineering college. I am a fan of physics. I have published many papers in scientific journals and mathematical journals. I am very happy to join this forum.