No one warns you that you retire twice.
You learn about life as you go, as no-one really offers you all of the details. The small warnings you must identify for yourself. The surprises stalk you, at first. They creep up on you. This, I didn’t see until it was right on top of me.
You retire twice.
To work in a corporate structure is very much to accept the rules and play by them. In a large and well-established organisation the progression of your career is carefully laid out in policy documents for you to follow. You are offered the instructions of this game from the start.