Over the Hill, Already: 50 May Be the New 70 - Yahoo! Finance
"Almost without fail, people in the 45-55 age range get to a place where they go through a professional midlife crisis," said Sharon Hulce, president and CEO of Employment Resource Group, a search firm. "They say 'I've made money and done well and is this all there is?'
There could be many more execs joining Ma in his 'retirement.' A survey of executives in June of last year by search firm ExecuNet stated that many executives were just waiting for the economy to get better so they could retire. They cited stress as one of the main reasons for wanting to leave.
"More and more, professionals are feeling burnt out and discouraged, and are in turn leaving the workforce because they can't find any level of alignment between work and life," says Allison O'Kelly, founder and CEO of staffing firm Mom Corps.
"High level professionals are finding that their careers are too demanding and as a result they are choosing family and personal life over career to find relief," O'Kelly said."
The comment section accompanying this Yahoo article is interesting as well.
"Almost without fail, people in the 45-55 age range get to a place where they go through a professional midlife crisis," said Sharon Hulce, president and CEO of Employment Resource Group, a search firm. "They say 'I've made money and done well and is this all there is?'
There could be many more execs joining Ma in his 'retirement.' A survey of executives in June of last year by search firm ExecuNet stated that many executives were just waiting for the economy to get better so they could retire. They cited stress as one of the main reasons for wanting to leave.
"More and more, professionals are feeling burnt out and discouraged, and are in turn leaving the workforce because they can't find any level of alignment between work and life," says Allison O'Kelly, founder and CEO of staffing firm Mom Corps.
"High level professionals are finding that their careers are too demanding and as a result they are choosing family and personal life over career to find relief," O'Kelly said."
The comment section accompanying this Yahoo article is interesting as well.