Early Retirement Blog

Update: January 11, 2010 – AOL announced that it has begun laying off 1,200 of it’s employees, after it did not get enough volunteers, for AOL’s early retirement incentive buyout offer.

While it may be too late to prevent layoffs at AOL, if you are one of the 1,200 AOL employees who receives a pink slip this week, try Green Retirement’s free retirement calculators , to find out if you can retire now or if you should start looking for another job.   37% of Green Retirement customers discover that they can stop working and retire right away.   The original article starts below…..

Internet pioneer AOL announced today, that one-third of it’s workforce will face layoffs, if a sufficient number of employees do not take the company’s voluntary separation package.   If you are an AOL employee – should you take the company’s offer?   Even with a generous severance package, with unemployment over 10% and growing, the likelihood of finding a similar paying job in this economy will be tough.

What if you could retire?

Green Retirement helps H.R. Managers prevent or reduce layoffs, by identifying which employees are in a position to retire, turning a negative problem into a positive situation.   Many employees facing layoffs, are unaware that they are financially able to retire, and unfortunately refuse voluntary separation packages.

Although, it is impossible to know how many AOL employees are in a position to retire, 37% of individuals who try Green Retirement Planning discover they can retire right away.   Green Retirement is different than traditional retirement planning in many respects, the biggest difference between traditional retirement planning and Green Retirement planning is that with Green Retirement, individuals get to determine when they want to retire.

Using Green Retirement, AOL may be able to avoid current and future layoffs through attrition, while at the same time increasing employee morale.   If you are an AOL employee, try our Voluntary Early Retirement Calculator to find out if you can retire, and if you are indeed fortunate enough to retire, then take the AOL severance package and have a happy retirement.   Even if you are not able to retire just yet, contact the AOL Human Resources Department and let them know about Green Retirement, it may save your job.

Try Green Retirement’s Early Retirement Planning.