Yup. Got laid off/retired the same day. Got my first ret check 3 weeks later and first SS chk 4 weeks later at 64 instead of 66 and a half. The difference wasn’t that much and would have taken years to equal what I got during the 2 and a half year early start.
Similar for my husband. I think it would have taken 12 years to “break even”, by waiting until his prescribed “full retirement age” for a slightly higher monthly benefit, just based on the pure dollar amounts (ignoring time value of money and possible COLA adjustments to SS, etc.).