You have planned your retirement down to the last penny and the exact day you want to stop working. However, as you prepare to file your paperwork, you are hitting a wall of delays at Massachusetts Social Security offices. Backlogs have reached a critical point, and your expected start date might be moving further away. It is frustrating to realize that your future is stuck on a desk in a federal office. Honestly, the system in Massachusetts is struggling with a perfect storm of staffing shortages and a surge in new applicants. Here is the truth about what retirees should expect this year.
