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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a Boomer who retired…after 65 but before 70.

Yet I know too many Boomers still working FT at ages 76-84, older than I am. I ask myself, why?

I think it is sad, when there is no financial need, to do so.( And sad when there is financial need to need to do so.)

There is financial fear. There is workaholism. And, yes, they block positions.

Will they regret it when their health declines and forces them to retire? No doubt, families and friends will sigh when they retire only to die or die while working.

Now, truly, we don’t value retirees enough but we can change that.[/quote]

actually that is a better deal. I had two coworkers who had that happen, still on company medical plan, went on short term disability and one even got life insurance pay out. If they were already retired would have near bankrupted widow.

Once early in career the 68 years old Treasurer, who was a Widow. He kept working as no one at home. Had a Heart Attack while in a meeting  with me. No it was just a BS meeting. But he went ashen, I knew something wrong, he went to bathroom, I followed him and imediately pushed panic button, went to Security, alerted them, ran by Fire Warden to call EMT, then I his admin call 911. We had a company nurse back then who also ran up Major company so we had a nurse back then. I was told if home alone he would have died. We were there in seconds.

I had just got training on it what to do in an emergency and it happend a few days later. An older man home alone often just dies. And since he was on company medical and happened at work all paid for.

Dude still did not retire, he stayed till 70 and they gave him package. I heard they had no kids, so he really had no family.     [/quote]

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