Canadians’ views on retirement are shifting dramatically, with the idea of retiring at age 65 being one of the early casualties. Read more.
Canadians’ views on retirement are shifting dramatically, with the idea of retiring at age 65 being one of the early casualties. Read more.
I don’t think these people work with enough people. I’m working with a few 60+ people and a few of them should’ve retired at 60.
I work in IT. The reduced neuroplasticity is a thing we noticed, especially as they approach new IT processes.
Maybe they should retire, if they can. Maybe we recognize where their strengths have changed and make use of them accordingly.
I know mentorship and working-lead posts are few, but that’s kinda how we got where we are now. If you think we should ditch the one group who will champion fair labour and bring the proverbial receipts, then you may need to check your limbs for puppet-strings.
I’ve noticed older works really struggle with anything that involves writing. They’re great as long as everything is a phone call or a meeting, but the moment they need to sit down and write something it’s like they suffer brain damage and the keyboard burns them to touch it.
Probably because they know no one will read it anyway, so why bother.
I am reading it, and I struggle with verbal communication because I have to shift through the social chit chat to find what they actually want me to do for them, and I also have to take notes during the interaction. All things solved by writing it down in an email instead.