For older workers, getting a new job is a crapshoot Employers can try a wide variety of tactics to edge out older, generally more expensive workers
You old farts are often to expensive too! There's also, in California, a dearth of seniors (classified as being over 65) still working. And no matter how you slice it, those jobs could be going to younger workers...and that puts those younger workers at a distinct disadvantage. Their life time earning will be lower, because they cannot get into the workforce.
Yeah, I will admit we are expensive. In my own case, i am aging like fine wine. I just seem to be getting better with time. J/K - I don't think that much about myself. :smile:
If you want to work, you can. I retired at 50, figuring I had enough money to last till 65. Everything was OK till I was nearly 64. Then I needed to work for a year and a bit. So I went out and took the first job I could get. No problem. Made it through. If all you need is work - that's easy. If you're fussy or want a ton of money - that's different. J.
Seen on a kitchen sign: "Wine improves with age. I improve with wine." Nothing wrong with wine - but I've saved quite a lot of money by not drinking any for around 12 years. Lord, that "Night Train" was expensive! And there was Cisco Red, Thunderbird, Wild Irish Rose... :smile: http://bumwine.com/ J.
He he!!!! That stuff used to get me and me droogs in all sorts of trouble during my hardcore punk rock days. There was a little liquor store by this little back alley behind the Olympic Auditorium in LA. They would sell alcohol to minors like me. Whew! That Thunderbird really packs a kick! Swig some down right before a gig, and you are good to go! Of course, sometimes you get a bunch of young men packed around very angry music, and stuff like this would happen sometimes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zRtT5jPLA :smile:
No, not fussy at all. I am attractive to employers. I hung it up with the government at 50. I get full medical, dental and vision for my wife and I for life. In other words, i have my own portable insurance, i don't need it from an employer. I am working a contract job, but it involves travel, and i don't like that. It means time away from my family. I will probably quit the contract job and get a simple job with a dog rescue or something, money is not important.
I had the same deal from age 50 to 65. Still have the free medical that all Canadians get - and once you get old, it pays most of prescriptions, too. Pretty darn good, I can tell you. Only thing I still get from my old employer is life insurance - they pay that right to the bitter end, when my sons will collect on it. You're my hero, Abner! My younger son always loved animals - since he was a little kid. He went to CC and got a diploma in animal care. Worked at it for about 10-11 years - not bad money, not great. Then he retrained as a truck driver (18-wheeler). That training helped land him a job as a city bus driver - and that let him be home at night / weekends with his wife and kids. Good, feed-your-family kind of job. He's been doing it for quite a few years. J.
