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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My personal thought is that people are going to work longer if they are healthy enough.

A lot of the retirees/forced-out older managers and execs from my F500 company seem to not fully retire.  Even re-emerge with new full-time corporate jobs after a few years off.

My grandpa retired from a corporation at 65 and lived to be 94.  [b]He easily could have worked until 80-85.[/b]

If economics change in ways that make it useful or necessary for retiree age people to work, it will happen.[/quote]

If it's expected that I have to work FULL TIME until 80s I'd rather be euthanized.  Unless someone really loves their job to the point of passion, or they work some easy hobby job part time for social interaction nobody in their right mind aspires to be a wage slave till the day they drop dead with limited vacation time, living for a weekend, and having to answer to bosses and clients all day long majority of your day.  F this.[/quote]

THIS. I’m only 48 and will be LIMPING to work until I’m 55. I’ve already confirmed my DH that he’s gonna hold the bag after that. I’m BURNT OUT. I’ve been working full time since age 18 and have raised 2 kids without a single break. I’m crashed out. [/quote]

I'm 47 and don't feel like this -- I'd be fine working part time for much longer and I like aspects of my job. But I have a cushy white collar job and I do not think I will physically be able to work full time into my 70s and 80s. I've had so many medical issues crop up just in the last couple years, I just cannot imagine working a full time job at that age while managing what I assume will be much more.

My dad developed cataracts in his early 70s and even with surgery and treatment, his eyesight is still not great. He had a pacemaker put in at 77 that limits his ability to do a lot of things. He can't drive anymore which limits his general mobility. He is actually in decent shape for someone rounding on 80 -- walks several miles a day, eats well, is very mobile and mental with it. But with his eyesight and his heart issues, I can't imagine him working even a part time job.

I have an aunt in her early 80s who is sharp as a tack... but can't work like that either. She tells me her max is about two hours of focusing on anything and then she has to go lie down. She loves to entertain and host but now her daughter and I come over to help her prep and she rests a lot, we don't want her to overdo it. She is a great lady but I'm so glad she doesn't have to work. She deserves to relax, visit with friends, spend time with her grandchildren. Just because she's not experience severe mental or physical decline doesn't mean she should be working. She has earned the right to rest.

Expecting 70 and 80 somethings to shoulder the burden of filling out the workforce is so shortsighted. If anyone in that age group wants to work, great! Expecting them to work is unkind and unrealistic.[/quote]

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