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Bennyboy

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7. 52 is the year it all changes...

Reply to liberal N proud (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 20, 2012, 07:21 PM

Mar 2012

When you are too old and the data suggests that you will be a liability to the company. Healthcare costs rise, the percentage of comp claims, average number of sick days, elder care etc..... It's legal to discriminate because the data backs it up.

OUT YOU GO. I know so many people who had this happen. ALL WITHOUT UNION REPRESENTATION.

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Six Reasons Why You Should Never Retire. Gee, prepping America for the inevitable? [View all] HughBeaumont Mar 2012 OP

Brainwashed? liberal N proud Mar 2012 #1

Yes, it's "brainwashing" to want to relax. SHAME on you and whip me up some TPS reports!! HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #3

52 is the year it all changes... Bennyboy Mar 2012 #7

Thanks for the reassurance liberal N proud Mar 2012 #8

Of course at that age it is REAL EASY to get another job.... Bennyboy Mar 2012 #16

I was 70 when I was forced into retirement in 2010. RebelOne Mar 2012 #9

Doubtless coming from the same place as all the "Home ownership is overrated" propaganda. DirkGently Mar 2012 #2

Wall street sez: Turbineguy Mar 2012 #4

I read this earlier today. Ridiculous, and everybody commenting there thinks so. Faygo Kid Mar 2012 #5

I'm not buying this part - badhair77 Mar 2012 #13

Corporate shills with sit-on-your-ass all days jobs should not get to retire. alarimer Mar 2012 #6

I talked my husband into retiring early marlakay Mar 2012 #10

Getting a full life outside of work is essential to sanity for everyone n/t eridani Mar 2012 #24

Gosh, that's so irritating I wish I hadn't read it Yo_Mama Mar 2012 #11

Call me brainwashed but I retired two years ago and haven't regretted one doc03 Mar 2012 #12

i agree in general qazplm Mar 2012 #14

Agree. Agree. Agree. bmbmd Mar 2012 #15

It's not like all of us will have the option of continued employment varelse Mar 2012 #17

Agree. Walmart's not the "encore" career I'm looking for. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2012 #19

I used to visit my grandfather who sat in front of the TV treestar Mar 2012 #18

Sounds like a Cambodian reeducation class Jack Sprat Mar 2012 #20

The last place I worked had very large older work force fluchen Mar 2012 #21

5 biggest regrets of the dying GeorgeGist Mar 2012 #22

The article makes a lot of sense for certain people... badtoworse Mar 2012 #23