I don’t know how common it is but a chemist friend of mine retired early. His situation was his company was bought and layed off people, he survived. That compa

I don’t know how common it is but a chemist friend of mine retired early. His situation was his company was bought and layed off people, he survived. That company was bought, he survived. The 3rd time this happened, he didn’t survive. Add ageism to the mix and I think it’s quite likely you will be out a job before you are ready to retire. These guys that are saying “maybe he wanted to shlep boxes” are whistling past the graveyard because they don’t want to believe it could happen to them.