How tough/easy is it to get a $15-20 per hour job at age 62?

[Anonymous]

Even if they get those jobs, the pay is tough because 30% goes to pay taxes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Old people (ie over 50) are a pain to work with, tend to have bad health, are slow with tasks, and might get hurt on the job. Not worth it.

I’m 55 and one of the hardest workers on my team. I don’t have childcare issues, haven’t had a sick day in 9 years, am quick to support rest of the team, and can’t imagine how I’d get hurt in the office anymore than a 30-year-old. The best workers are mothers. We are extraordinary multitaskers and we know how to get $hit done, done quickly, and done right!

Most 55 year olds have a ton of medical appts. You are an outlier.

I had a ton of medical appointments at 37. Should employers not have hired me?

So you are against disabled people and people with chronic illnesses too.

You are a peach!

Karma

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Old people (ie over 50) are a pain to work with, tend to have bad health, are slow with tasks, and might get hurt on the job. Not worth it.

The 20 something we just hired can't do a single task without an ego, spends half the day on their phone, and can't even do the tasks of a 5th grader but sure.

[Anonymous]

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Most 55 year olds have a ton of medical appts. You are an outlier.

No - I'm a younger woman married to a 60 year old man. He never goes to the doctor, and he hardly ever gets sicks. It's crazy. He works harder than anyone I know.

My mother is 70 and she never goes to the doctor either.

I'm 58yo and get an annual mammogram, annual skin check, gyn every other year, dentist twice a year, and colonoscopy every 5 years and that's not including any appointments for illness or things that go wrong (frozen shoulder a couple years ago).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see older people working everywhere in retail. My mil is 75 and she does.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even if they get those jobs, the pay is tough because 30% goes to pay taxes.

Not true.