Walmart has been employing the elderly as door greeters for decades. When I worked there (oh god) 20 years ago, I’d always hang out and bullshit with them. Some were cool AF, some were batshit crazy. Either way, it was entertaining.
Before that, I worked at a restaurant where the staff was an even split between teenage stoners and grandma-aged old ladies. Like, you couldn’t write a better odd-couple workplace comedy.
All that is to say that for my entire working life, I’ve worked with (and continue to work with) people that should have retired already.
Worked also at Walmart over 20 years ago. Most of those old people were retired and only worked at Walmart part time out boredom. Same probably at that restaurant.
We are talking about people who are working at old age because if they didn’t they be homeless.
That very well may be true. My sample size is limited to the state I live in, and generational and general poverty have likely had their thumbs on the scale here for ages.
Is this a new development?
Walmart has been employing the elderly as door greeters for decades. When I worked there (oh god) 20 years ago, I’d always hang out and bullshit with them. Some were cool AF, some were batshit crazy. Either way, it was entertaining.
Before that, I worked at a restaurant where the staff was an even split between teenage stoners and grandma-aged old ladies. Like, you couldn’t write a better odd-couple workplace comedy.
All that is to say that for my entire working life, I’ve worked with (and continue to work with) people that should have retired already.
The number of people unable to retire is a new development. It used to be much lower.
https://www.epi.org/blog/no-way-out-older-workers-are-increasingly-trapped-in-crummy-jobs-and-unable-to-retire-growing-disparities-in-work-and-retirement-in-30-charts/
Worked also at Walmart over 20 years ago. Most of those old people were retired and only worked at Walmart part time out boredom. Same probably at that restaurant.
We are talking about people who are working at old age because if they didn’t they be homeless.
That very well may be true. My sample size is limited to the state I live in, and generational and general poverty have likely had their thumbs on the scale here for ages.