Comments on: Baby Boomer retirees not as numerous as estimated

By: Cathy Warren

Cathy Warren — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:15:41 +0000

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By: JayMonster

JayMonster — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:02:11 +0000

There is certainly also some (negative) residual effects from this. Sitting in the Gen Jones crowd (not quite baby boomer, not quite Gen X), the effects of people on my age (and younger) definitely get hurt in the career path by the older baby boomers that are either not retiring because of “need” or just not retiring because they are “not ready to give it up”

Using myself as a example, since those with a bit more “experience” than me, choose to continue on longer, it in effect caps my growth going forward since the upper positions are not being vacated.

This of course may wind up with the effect if it taking me longer to reach those positions, thus staving off my own retirement, which of course then affects those that follow me.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 26 May 2008 21:34:45 +0000

I’m looking for a better word than ‘retirement’ to describe the time when most people stop working full time. ‘Retirement’ holds a stigma of being ‘used up’ and ready to ‘throw in the towel’. I’d rather look at the work and experiences that I have had up to this point as just training for something even more fun, fulfilling, and productive to do when I have more control over the hours/days that I choose to be engaged.

I would say to the companies who are ready to pounce on my free time and spending power that they are assuming that I haven’t put much thought into either…that is a dangerous assumption.

By: Bluegrass Mama

Bluegrass Mama — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:59:02 +0000

If the stock market recovers, we hope to “retire” long BEFORE 65. I put it in quotation marks, because both my husband and I know we may end working at least part time to help make ends meet. Then again, I haven’t worked full-time in 20 years, so maybe I’m already “retired.”