I think I'm going to petition the admins for a sticky for articles like this:
https://www.nextavenue.org/retirement-bad-fit/
The article is an interview with Michelle Silver, author of a book called "Retirement and its Discontents," about how unhappy people are when they "lose their identities" by leaving the workplace. It's full of generalities such as the assertion that Americans think of retirement as tied to an age (which has been less and less the case). It also includes completely unrealistic scenarios for employers:
But, hidden deep inside of the article is the tell:
Get that? Somehow 17% is turned into "Most" when it is actually "Less than one-fifth."
Is there some vague societal impulse that wants us to believe we are only morally fulfilled through paid work? Bah!
https://www.nextavenue.org/retirement-bad-fit/
The article is an interview with Michelle Silver, author of a book called "Retirement and its Discontents," about how unhappy people are when they "lose their identities" by leaving the workplace. It's full of generalities such as the assertion that Americans think of retirement as tied to an age (which has been less and less the case). It also includes completely unrealistic scenarios for employers:
On the workplace side, what we can do is help employers connect with employees in ways that do not write them off. Instead, give them some attention. Say: ‘You’ve got all this institutional knowledge, this is what you’re good at and what your interests are. Tell me what you want to do here and then pivot, so you can focus your energies in a different way.
But, hidden deep inside of the article is the tell:
Most just felt unprepared for their new life, which echoed a statistic I saw in the new Charles Schwab 2018 Boomer Study. Schwab asked 278 participants in 401(k)s age 54 to 70 what they planned to do when they retired from their primary job or occupation and 17 percent said: “Not sure what will happen.
Get that? Somehow 17% is turned into "Most" when it is actually "Less than one-fifth."
Is there some vague societal impulse that wants us to believe we are only morally fulfilled through paid work? Bah!