Do you maintain your work related contact network? Or did you drop off the radar

[Gone Fishing]

Not talking about your friends, but rather those that you kept in contact with purely for business purposes.  I guess the value would come if you ever needed a job again.

[MoonShadow]

I guess it depends upon how secure you feel with your FIRE plan.  If there is any significant chance you might have to return to work, maintain your contacts for about 5 years.

Myself, I intend to cut the cord and never return to this form of work, regardless of what happens next.

[Ozstache]

Apart from staying connected with a few key work contacts I had through LinkedIn as ER contingency, I have otherwise dropped off the work colleague radar. After 18 months of nothing much on LinkedIn I had 4 job offers in the month of June from some of my contacts. I politely turned them down of course, but was pleased that I haven't been entirely forgotten in my former work arena.

[The Pigeon]

Dropped off the radar. For me it's buh-bye except those former co-workers with whom I had an actual connection. As for all the others? I hope they have a nice life. :-)

[Cassie]

I did because I knew I would want to do occasional contract work when they had a need.

[Financial.Velociraptor]

I organize a quarterly lunch with old cow-orkers.  Just the ones who aren't idiots.  It fills me with glee to listen to them kvetch about the office.

[soccerluvof4]

Having been the Owner I just went bye bye!! I left the employees with a lot of good things and there all doing well but I have no desire to intermingle again because they were a pain in my ass.

[Mrs.LC]

In my situation my friends and business contacts are the same people. There is a group of us that try to get together monthly to BS and drink wine. Enjoy the social aspect of it but also good to stay on top of business happenings as I do consultant work now and then.

[Spork]

I am only a month in, but:  I'm trying.  I'm a bit of a social retard, so it's challenging for me.

I actually *like* the people that are probably some of the better contacts, so this is also an attempt to maintain friendships post FIRE.

[Frankies Girl]

5 months as of today... and not a peep from anyone, but I haven't tried to contact them either. I am kind of sad (about a couple of people) and a bit paranoid that there is a specific reason why (what awful things did my former supervisor accuse me of doing after I left? Theft of property or company secrets? Somehow sabotaging the project I headed up? Stuff I never even touched, but got screwed up through his own incompetence? I know, who cares... but he was a total bastard and loved being evil and petty and blaming others for his incredible screw-ups.

I am playing with the idea of going for a visit this month, and I have just recently started thinking of my professional contacts outside of my own workplace (vendors and such) that I could still hopefully use for services if I have a need in the future. But I still end up with a pretty icky feeling in my stomach even thinking about work-related stuff at this point, so I guess it may be one of those things I recheck in a month or two and see how I feel.