retirement

Bostic, 59, was eligible to serve as the bank’s president for another six years until hitting a mandatory retirement age of 65.

Dozens of other agents—especially those eligible for retirement after 20 years of service—have also left.

Some park employees said the furloughs have compounded stressors from firings, retirements and buyouts over the last year or so.

The formula is much simpler: consistent buying of company shares and stock indexes, usually in the form of automatic contributions from every paycheck into a retirement account, or by receiving bonuses through company stock deals.

Their cash accounts, credit cards and brokerage accounts are all jointly held, but they keep separate retirement accounts.