oh, and tomorrow is my first day back in the office since 1/31/2020. I had a good run.
Shortly after my company said we are leaving it up to individual discussions between employees and their supervisor, they then started putting pressure on getting people back in the office.
So, my supervisor had to have a discussion with each person. My supervisor is very flexible, and quite frankly doesn't care as long as you are getting your job done. But, he had to do what he is told to do.
So, at the start of our conversation, I said, "We will decide in this conversation whether I will be working from home or retiring." He told me, there are a number of people in the overall organization who also will decide to retire for this very reason.
After the conversation, where he had to tell me the options, he said he will put me down as full remote and see where it goes. You see, to get that status, you need a full swath of approvals. While hybrid or full return is simply just stating that option.
So, the decision whether I retire is postponed. For now...
(Oh, and here's the irony. Because our company is suffering huge number of departures, upper management is being measured by how they retain employees. And apparently they are also being measured on how well they get people back in the office. Typical upper management idiocy. They don't seem to understand those goals are mutually exclusive.)